Notice2021-19085
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Student Beneficiary Report-Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS)
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Published
September 3, 2021
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49598-49599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19085]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0399]
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Student
Beneficiary Report--Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS)
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration,
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Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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. 2900-0399''.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266-4688 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e737f6c777c7b72307f6e71706a7b5e687f30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4825293a212a2d2466293827263c2d083e29662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0399'' in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5101; 38 CFR 3.812.
Title: Student Beneficiary Report--Restored Entitlement Program for
Survivors (REPS) (VA Form 21P-8938-1).
OMB Control Number: 2900-0399.
Type of Review: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: A claimant's eligibility for needs-based pension programs
are determined in part by countable family income and certain
deductible expenses. Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS)
is a benefit payable to certain surviving spouses and dependent
children of deceased Veterans who died in service prior to August 13,
1981 or died as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or
aggravated prior to August 13, 1981. In these situations, VBA uses VA
Form 21P-8938-1 Student Beneficiary Report--Restored Entitlement
Program for Survivors (REPS), to verify beneficiaries receiving REPS
benefits based on school-aged child status, are in fact enrolled full-
time in an approved school and are otherwise eligible for continue
benefits under REPS. Without this information, determination of
eligibility would not be possible. Previously, this collection
consisted of two forms: VA Form 21P-8938 and VA Form 21P-8938-1.
Currently, the only form used is VA Form 21P-8938-1, therefore the
burden has decreased.
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 at 86 FR 124 on July 1, 2021, pages 35154.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-19085 Filed 9-2-21; 8:45 am]
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