2021-12800. Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Request and Authorization for Supplies (Chapter 31-Veteran Readiness and Employment)

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 (VA), 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 to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0061.”

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, [phone] or email [e-mail]. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0061” in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) 3104(a)(7).

Title: Request and Authorization for Supplies (Chapter 31—Veteran Readiness and Employment), VA Form 28-1905m.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0061.

Type of Review: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection.

Abstract: A claimant uses VA Form 28-1905m, Request and Authorization for Supplies (Chapter 31—Veteran Readiness and Employment), to request supplies or equipment be provided as part of a rehabilitation program under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31. The training facility the claimant attends, or the employer for whom the claimant works, may also need to complete the form when the facility or employer requires specific types of supplies or equipment under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(7). The Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program subsequently uses the information on this form to approve the purchase of appropriate supplies and equipment for claimants.

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 April 8, 2021 on page 18,376:

Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 14,000

Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 28,000.

By direction of the Secretary.

Maribel Aponte,

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