Notice2021-19386
Agency Information Collection Activity: COVID-19 Refund Modification
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Published
September 7, 2021
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50210-50211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19386]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0891]
Agency Information Collection Activity: COVID-19 Refund
Modification
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed extension of a
currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection
of information should be received on or before November 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
through Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">www.Regulations.gov</a>
or to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Administration (20M33),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420 or email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9b7b8b7baa0f7b2bcaaaab0b7bebcab99afb8f7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef818e818c96c1848a9c9c8681888a9daf998ec1888099">[email protected]</span></a>. Please refer to ``OMB Control
No. 2900-0891'' in any correspondence. During the comment period,
comments may be viewed online through FDMS.
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#3d505c4f545f5851135c4d525349587d4b5c135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9b4b8abb0bbbcb5f7b8a9b6b7adbc99afb8f7beb6af">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0891'' in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for
comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following collection of information, VBA
invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of VBA's functions, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of VBA's estimate of the
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burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology.
Authority: 38 CFR 36.4338(a).
Title: COVID-19 Refund Modification.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0891.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA is temporarily expanding the list of loan modification
options available to servicers that do not require VA's prior approval
to include a new loan modification, the COVID-19 Refund Modification,
to assist certain COVID-impacted veterans as they exit a COVID-19
forbearance. Under 38 U.S.C. 3720(a)(2), Congress has provided the
Secretary with discretion ``[n]otwithstanding the provisions of any
other law'' to set the terms and conditions to which the Secretary will
consent to loan modifications. Additionally, while VA has outlined in
regulation at 38 CFR 36.4315(a) the terms of loan modifications that do
not require prior VA approval, VA may waive a regulatory requirement if
VA finds the interest of the Government are not adversely affected and
such waiver would relieve undue prejudice to a debtor, holder, or other
person without impairing the vest rights of any person affected. 38 CFR
36.4338(a).
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 25,800.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 90 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 17,200.
By direction of the Secretary.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Alt. Office of Enterprise and Integration/
Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-19386 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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