96-9649. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17351-17352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9649]



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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 (Public Law 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 by no later than June 18, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans 
Benefits Administration (20M30), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. All 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: 2900-0089.
    Title and Form Number: Statement of Dependency of Parents, VA Form 
21-509.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, for a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Need and Uses: The form is needed to gather income and dependency 
information from applicants who are seeking payment of benefits as or 
for a

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dependent parent. The information is necessary to determine dependency 
of the parent.
    Current Actions: Section 102, 38 U.S.C., requires that income and 
dependency must be established before benefits may be paid to or for a 
dependent parent. Without this information, it would not be possible 
for VA to authorize benefits to or for dependent parents.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Jacquie McCray, Information Management Service (045A4), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20420, Telephone [phone] or FAX [phone].

    Dated: April 9, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 96-9649 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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