96-10456. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18777]
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[FR Doc No: 96-10456]



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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, 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 on or before June 28, 
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: None assigned.
    Title and Form Number: Direct Deposit Enrollment, VA Form 24-0296 
(Test).
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Need and Uses: The form will be used to gather the necessary 
information required to enroll VA Compensation and Pension 
beneficiaries in the Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer (DD/EFT) 
program for recurring benefits payments. The information will be used 
to process the payment data from VA to the beneficiary's designated 
financial institution.
    Current Actions: Regulatory authority contained in 31 CFR 209 
provides the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the right to authorize the 
appropriate disbursing officer to make a recurring Federal payment to a 
beneficiary by sending to the financial institution designated by the 
beneficiary a payment that is drawn in favor of that institution and is 
for credit to the account of the beneficiary, in lieu of payment by 
check drawn to his order. To accomplish this, the beneficiary to whom 
the recurring payment will be made should provide VA with a written 
request on a form promulgated by the Treasury Department or such 
agency-adapted form for the purpose which designates the financial 
institution.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,800 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 2 minutes.
    Frequency of Responses: One-time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 84,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or copies of the reports 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 19, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
William T. Morgan,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 96-10456 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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