Notice2021-16291
AR27-Notice of Request for Information on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Eligibility Considerations for the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program
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Published
July 30, 2021
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
State and Tribal veterans' cemetery grant applicants that seek to participate in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (VCGP) must, to qualify for a grant, solely inter and memorialize eligible persons, which includes Veterans and certain family members. Through this request for information, VA seeks comments to help inform VA's understanding of issues affecting States and Tribal Organizations in meeting burial and other needs of their National Guard and Reservist populations with respect to burial in VA grant-funded cemeteries.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41162-41163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16291]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
AR27--Notice of Request for Information on the Department of
Veterans Affairs' Eligibility Considerations for the Veterans Cemetery
Grants Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: State and Tribal veterans' cemetery grant applicants that seek
to participate in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans
Cemetery Grants Program (VCGP) must, to qualify for a grant, solely
inter and memorialize eligible persons, which includes Veterans and
certain family members. Through this request for information, VA seeks
comments to help inform VA's understanding of issues affecting States
and Tribal Organizations in meeting burial and other needs of their
National Guard and Reservist populations with respect to burial in VA
grant-funded cemeteries.
DATES: Comments are due by August 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">www.Regulations.gov</a> and
will be available for public viewing, inspection or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Eisenbach, Director, Veterans
Cemetery Grants Program, National Cemetery Administration (40),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 632-7369 (this is not a toll-free telephone number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA seeks stakeholder input to improve our
understanding of issues impacting States and Tribal Organizations (as
those terms are defined in 38 CFR 39.2) in serving their National Guard
servicemembers and Reservists. The Secretary seeks information on the
questions listed below. Commenters do not need to address each question
and should focus on those that relate to their expertise or
perspectives. To the extent possible, please clearly indicate which
questions you address in your response. We are particularly interested
in feedback from States and Tribal Organizations that are participating
in VCGP or that are contemplating participation.
Currently for VCGP purposes, a State or Tribal veterans cemetery
must be operated solely for the interment of Veterans, their spouses,
surviving spouses, minor children, unmarried adult children who were
physically or mentally disabled and incapable of self-support, and
eligible parents of certain deceased service members, as set out in
section 38 CFR 39.10(a). We seek input on the below questions:
[ssquf] Should VCGP cemeteries be able to inter non-Veteran members
of the Reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces (including members
of the Army and Air National Guard of the United States) who otherwise
would not be eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery, as well as
their spouses and certain dependents? Why or why not?
[ssquf] If VCGP cemeteries were permitted to inter these
individuals, are there any conditions that should be met or certain
ways that VA should administer this extension to the program? For
example, should grantees pay costs associated with cemetery
development, interment, and memorialization relating to the non-Veteran
decedents referenced above?
Again, we welcome your feedback on these questions.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This request for information constitutes a general solicitation of
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public comments as described in the implementing regulations of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 at 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(4). Therefore, this
request for information does not constitute an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and does not impose any
information collection requirements. Consequently, there is no need for
review by the Office of Management and Budget under the authority of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved this
document on July 15, 2021 and authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulations Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-16291 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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