96-27244. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
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[FR Doc No: 96-27244]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this 
information collection. This request for comment is being made pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Comments should address the accuracy of the burden 
estimates and ways to minimize the burden including the use of 
automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of 
information technology, as well as other relevant aspects of the 
information collection.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposal for the 
collection of information should be received on or before December 23, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Veterans Benefits 
Administration (20S520), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. All written comments will become a 
matter of public record and will be summarized in the VBA request for 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. In this document VBA is 
soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    OMB Control Number:  2900-0156.
    Titles and Form Numbers: Notice of Change in Student Status, VA 
Forms 22-1999b and 22-1999b-1.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Need and Uses: The information collected on the forms is used by 
the VA to determine if a claimant's educational benefits are to be 
increased, decreased, or terminated. Without this information, the VA 
might underpay or overpay benefits.
    Current Actions: The VA is authorized to pay educational benefits 
to veterans and other eligible persons pursuing approved program of 
education under Chapters 30, 32, and 35, Title 38, U.S.C., Chapter 
1606, Title 10, U.S.C., and Sections 901 and 903 of Public Law 96-342. 
Benefits are not payable when pursuit of the program is interrupted or 
terminated, or is not in accordance with the regularly established 
policies and regulations of the school. The school is required to 
report without delay to the VA, in the form prescribed by the VA, an 
interruption or termination, or a finding of unsatisfactory attendance, 
progress, or conduct. VA Forms 22-1999b and 22-1999b-1 serve as this 
report to VA of such changes in enrollment status.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 73,563 hours.
    Estimated Total Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 7,481.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or copies of the form should be 
directed to Department of Veterans Affairs, Attn: Nancy Kessinger, 
Veterans Benefits Administration (20S52), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, telephone [phone] or FAX [phone].

    Dated: October 11, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 96-27244 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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