2022-13244. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY:

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION:

30-Day information collection notice.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574, [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Disposition of Remains-Reimbursable Basis Request for Payment of Funeral and/or Interment Expenses; DD Form 2065, DD Form 1375; OMB Control Number 0704-0030.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 2,450.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 2,450.

Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,225 hours.

Needs and Uses: This collection is needed to support service members and other federal agencies by providing mortuary services, transportation, funeral and interment, support for deceased dependents of service members; and transportation and mortuary service support requested by other federal agencies. This allows the person authorized to direct disposition of our service members remains to be reimbursed for authorized expenses incident to death.

DD Forms 2065 and 1375 are initially prepared by military authorities and presented to the next-of-kin or sponsor to fill-in the reimbursable costs or desired disposition of remains. Without the information on these forms, the U.S. government would not be able to respond to the survivor's wishes or justify its expenses in handling the deceased.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.

You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, Docket ID number, and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan.

Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at [e-mail].

Dated: June 15, 2022.

Aaron T. Siegel,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.