Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0325]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans

Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has

submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA

submission describes the nature of the information collection and its

expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron

Taylor, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8015

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0325.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Certification of Delivery of Advance Payment

and Enrollment, VA Form 22-1999v.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0325.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: VA is authorized to pay educational assistance to

veterans and other eligible individuals pursuing approved programs of

education under Title 38, U.S.C., chapters 30, 32 and 35, section 903

of Public Law 96-342, and Title 10, U.S.C., chapter 1606. If certain

requirements are met, VA is authorized to issue payments in advance of

the beginning date of training. The schools or training establishments

deliver advance payments and are required to certify the deliveries to

VA. The schools or training establishments are also required to report

the following to VA: (1) The failure of the student to enroll; (2) an

interruption or termination of attendance; or, (3) a finding of

unsatisfactory attendance conduct or progress. VA Form 22-1999v serves

as the certification of delivery of the advance payment and also the

report of any changes in training status.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a

60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of

information was published on January 29, 1998 at page 4523.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit--Not-for-profit

institutions--State, Local or Tribal Governments.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,829 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Responses: 33,590.

Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the

information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt, OMB

Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB

Control No. 2900-0325'' in any correspondence.

Dated: August 18, 1998.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 98-27626 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]

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