Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0014]

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 September 3, 1999.

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

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

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8001

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0014.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Authorization and Certification of Entrance or Reentrance

into Rehabilitation and Certification of Status, VA Form 28-1905.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0014.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: The information collected on VA Form 28-1905 ensures that

veterans or other eligible persons do not receive benefits for periods

when they did not actually begin to participate in any rehabilitation

or special restorative or specialized vocational training program. The

information is used by VA to establish the correct beginning and ending

dates for the education, training, or other rehabilitation services and

the correct rates for subsistence allowance payments.

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 June 22, 1999, at pages 20058-20059.

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

profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, Federal Government, and

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,917 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Generally one time.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,000.

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. 2900-0014'' in any correspondence.

Dated: June 24, 1999.

By direction of the Secretary:

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 99-19961 Filed 8-3-99; 8:45 am]

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