Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0168]

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

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its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 22, 1999.

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. 2900-0168.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Request for Estate Information, VA Form Letter 21-439.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0168.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The form letter is used in VBA's Fiduciary and Field

Examination Program, which is responsible for carrying out a

Congressional mandate that VA maintain supervision of the distribution

and use of VA benefits paid to a fiduciary on behalf of a beneficiary

who is incompetent, a minor, or under legal disability. Title 38,

U.S.C., Section 5503(b)(1)(A), requires discontinuance of benefits when

an estate reaches a specific limit and other conditions exist. The

information collected is used to determine whether an estate exceeds

the limit and discontinuance is warranted.

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 September 14, 1998 at page 49158.

Affected Public: Individuals or households--Business or other for-

profit--Not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,300 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Once Annually.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,800.

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. 2900-0168'' in any correspondence.

Dated: November 18, 1998.

By direction of the Secretary:

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 98-33953 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]

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