Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0034]

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

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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.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before December 22, 1999.

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

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

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0034.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Trainee Request for Leave--Chapter 31, Title 38, U.S. Code,

VA Form 28-1905h.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0034.

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

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: VA Form 28-1905h serves as the only document for

requesting leave and for providing the information necessary to

determine whether to approve the leave request. A trainer or authorized

school official must verify on the form the effect the absence will

have on the veteran's progress in the program. The case manager

supervising the veteran's training approves or denies the leave

request. Upon approval, the veteran can receive subsistence allowance

and other program services during the leave period. Disapproval of the

request may result in loss of subsistence allowance for the leave

period. Failure to collect the information would create the potential

for substantial abuse through receipt of benefits for unauthorized

absences.

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 August 3, 1999 at page 42171.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 7,500 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Generally one time.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.

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. 2900-0034'' in any correspondence.

Dated: October 27, 1999.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 99-30327 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]

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