Notice2025-13503
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Application Request To Add and/or Remove Dependents
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Published
July 18, 2025
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Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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 90, Number 136 (Friday, July 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34081-34082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13503]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0043]
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Application Request To Add and/or Remove Dependents
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 (VBA),
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: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent by August 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the following link into your
browser: <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, select ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'', then search the list for the
information collection by Title or ``OMB Control No. 2900-0043.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA PRA information: Dorothy Glasgow,
202-461-1084, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd9b8c9d9f8c8dbbace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="27716677756667514609404851">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application Request to Add and/or Remove Dependents (VA Form
21-686c).
OMB Control Number: 2900-0043. <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch</a>.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21-686c is used to gather the necessary
information to determine eligibility for additional benefits for
dependents. Without this information, entitlement to these benefits
could not be determined.
No changes have been made to this form. The respondent burden has
increased due to the estimated number of receivables averaged over the
past year.
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
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control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on this collection of information was
published at: 90 FR 20216, May 12, 2025.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 267,769 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 535,538 per year.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dorothy Glasgow,
Acting, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration,
Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-13503 Filed 7-17-25; 8:45 am]
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