2023-25503. Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: Accelerated Payment Verification of Completion Letter

AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit 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, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice by clicking on the following link www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain, select “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments”, then search the list for the information collection by Title or “OMB Control No. 2900–0636.”

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 or email [e-mail]. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900–0636” in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Public Law 107–103 and Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 16131a and 38 CFR 21.7154(d)(1). Title: Accelerated Payment Verification of Completion Letter, VA Form 22–0840. OMB Control Number: 2900–0636. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: Eligible Veterans, Service members, and beneficiaries electing to receive an accelerated payment for educational assistance payments must certify they received such payment and how the payment was used, and the data collected from the VA Form 22–0840 is used to determine the entitlement to the accelerated payment. 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 at 88 FR 63674 on Friday, September 15, 2023, Page 63674. Affected Public: Individuals and Households. Estimated Annual Burden: 1 hour. Estimated Average Burden Time per Respondent: 5 minutes. Frequency of Response: One Time. Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.

By direction of the Secretary.

Dorothy Glasgow,

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.