Notice2023-10223
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Death Gratuity
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Published
May 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31036-31037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10223]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Death Gratuity
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency
receives on or before June 14, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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.
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c686360737c7e6d737c796e60656f6c484340024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2969d9e8d8280938d8287909e9b9192b6bdbefcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008, Public Law 110-181, was enacted on January 28, 2008.
Section 1105 of Public Law 110-181 amended the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (FECA) creating a new section, 5 U.S.C. 8102a
effective upon enactment. This section establishes a FECA death
gratuity benefit of up to $100,000 for eligible beneficiaries of
Federal employees and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality employees
who die from injuries incurred in connection with service with an Armed
Force in a contingency operation which also permits agencies to
authorize retroactive payment of the death gratuity for employees who
died on or after October 7, 2001 in service with an Armed Force in the
theater of operations of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi
Freedom. It also allows Federal employees to vary the order of
precedence of beneficiaries or to name alternate beneficiaries and
provides that the OWCP Forms CA-40, CA-41, and CA-42 are to be used to
designate beneficiaries and initiate the payment process for death
gratuity benefits. Form CA-40 is an optional form that requests the
information necessary from the employee to accomplish this variance and
to name alternate beneficiaries only if the employee wishes to do so.
Form CA-41 provides the means for those named beneficiaries and
possible recipients to file claims for those benefits and requests
information from such claimants so that OWCP may determine their
eligibility for payment. Further, the statute and regulations require
agencies to notify OWCP immediately upon the death of a covered
employee. CA-42 provides the means to accomplish this notification and
requests information necessary to administer any claim for benefits
resulting from such a death. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on January 30, 2023 (88 FR 5925).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-OWCP.
Title of Collection: Death Gratuity.
OMB Control Number: 1240-0017.
Affected Public: Private sector--individuals or households, Federal
Government.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Total Estimated Number of Responses:3.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).)
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-10223 Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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