Rule2024-03127
Beneficiary Travel and Special Mode Transportation Under 38 U.S.C. 111 Within the United States
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Published
February 15, 2024
Effective
February 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
This final rule corrects the approved Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number relating to collection of information under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations that govern beneficiary travel.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11729-11730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03127]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 70
RIN 2900-AM02
Beneficiary Travel and Special Mode Transportation Under 38
U.S.C. 111 Within the United States
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: This final rule corrects the approved Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Control Number relating to collection of information under
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations that govern
beneficiary travel.
DATES: This final rule is effective February 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ethan Kalett, Office of Regulations,
Appeals, and Policy, Veterans Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202)
461-7633. This is not a toll free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal
Register on June 30, 2008, VA amended the beneficiary travel
regulations that provide a mechanism for payment of travel expenses
within the United States under 38 U.S.C. 111 to help veterans and other
persons obtain care and services from VA's Veterans Health
Administration. See 73 FR 36796. There is an information collection
requirement in 38 CFR 70.20. Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a), an agency may not
collect or sponsor the collection of information, nor may it impose an
information collection requirement, unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. See also 5
CFR 1320.8(b)(3)(vi).
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As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507(d), VA submitted this information
collection to OMB for its review. OMB approved the information
collection requirement associated with the final rules and assigned OMB
control number 2900-0080. However, Sec. 70.20 contains an inaccurate
OMB control number of 2900-0080. The correct OMB control number should
be 2900-0798. This final rule updates Sec. 70.20 by substituting the
correct and approved OMB control number.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed
this document on February 9, 2024, 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.
Michael P. Shores,
Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General
Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 70
Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism,
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug abuse, Foreign relations,
Government contracts, Grant programs--health, Grant programs--veterans,
Health care, Health facilities, Health professions, Health records,
Homeless, Medical and dental schools, Medical devices, Medical
research, Mental health programs, Nursing homes, Philippines, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Scholarships and fellowships, Travel
and transportation expenses, Veterans.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Department of Veterans
Affairs amends 38 CFR part 70 as follows:
PART 70--VETERANS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
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1. The authority citation for part 70 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 111, 111A, 501, 1701, 1714, 1720,
1728, 1782, 1783, and E.O. 11302, 31 FR 11741, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p. 578, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 70.20 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 70.20 by removing ``(The Office of Management and Budget
has approved the information collection requirements in this section
under control number 2900-0080.)'' at the end of the section and adding
in its place ``(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the
information collection requirement in this section under control number
2900-0798.)''.
[FR Doc. 2024-03127 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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