Notice2025-22700
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
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Published
December 15, 2025
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), has an 18-month computer matching agreement (CMA) agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regarding veterans, VA beneficiaries, and caregivers who are in federal prison and are also in receipt of compensation and pension benefits. The purpose of this CMA is to re-establish the agreement between VA/VBA and DOJ/BOP, where the matched data will be used to adjust compensation and pension benefits of incarcerated veterans, VA beneficiaries, and caregivers.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58092-58093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22700]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), has an 18-month computer matching agreement (CMA)
agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of
Prisons (BOP) regarding veterans, VA beneficiaries, and caregivers who
are in federal prison and are also in receipt of compensation and
pension benefits. The purpose of this CMA is to re-establish the
agreement between VA/VBA and DOJ/BOP, where the matched data will be
used to adjust compensation and pension benefits of incarcerated
veterans, VA beneficiaries, and caregivers.
DATES: Comments on this matching program must be received no later than
30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no public
comment is received during the period allowed for comment or unless
otherwise published in the Federal Register by VA, the new agreement
will become effective a minimum of 30 days after date of publication in
the Federal Register. If VA receives public comments, VA shall review
the comments to determine whether any changes to the notice are
necessary. This matching program will be valid for 18 months from the
effective date of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">www.Regulations.gov</a> or
mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005X6F),
Washington, DC 20420. Comments should indicate that they are submitted
in response to the computer matching agreement between the Department
of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Comments
received will be available at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> for public viewing,
inspection or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delonda Garmon (VBA),
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5713323b38393336791036253a38396517213679303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6e4f4645444e4b046d4b58474544186a5c4b044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-461-9700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This matching program between VA/VBA and
DOJ/BOP identifies VA beneficiaries who are in receipt of certain VA
benefit payments and who are confined for a period exceeding 60 days
due to a conviction for a felony or a misdemeanor. VA/VBA uses the DOJ/
BOP records provided in the match to update the master records of VA
beneficiaries receiving benefits and to adjust their VA benefits,
accordingly, if needed. This agreement sets forth the responsibilities
of VA/VBA and DOJ/BOP with respect to information disclosed pursuant to
this agreement and takes into account both agencies' responsibilities
under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended; and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, including computer matching
portions of a revision of OMB Circular No. A-130, 81 FR 49689 dated
July 28, 2016.
Participating Agencies: The United States Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) as the matching
recipient agency and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ),
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as the matching source agency.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The legal authority
to conduct this match is 38 U.S.C. 1505, 5106, and 5313. Section 5106
requires any Federal department or agency to provide VA such
information as VA requests for the purposes of determining eligibility
for, or the amount of VA benefits, or verifying other information with
respect thereto. Section 1505 provides that no VA pension benefits
shall be paid to or for any person eligible for such benefits, during
the
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period of that person's incarceration as the result of conviction of a
felony or misdemeanor, beginning on the sixty-first day of
incarceration. Section 5313 provides that VA compensation or dependency
and indemnity compensation above a specified amount shall not be paid
to any person eligible for such benefit, during the period of that
person's incarceration as the result of conviction of a felony,
beginning on the sixty-first day of incarceration.
Purpose(s): The purpose of this matching program between VA/VBA and
DOJ/BOP is to identify those veterans and VA beneficiaries, including
VA caregivers, such as for those participating in VA's Program of
Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC), who are in
receipt of certain VA benefit payments and who are confined for a
period exceeding 60 days due to a conviction for a felony or a
misdemeanor. VA/VBA has the obligation to reduce or suspend
compensation, pension, and dependency and indemnity compensation
benefit payments to veterans and VA beneficiaries on the sixty-first
day following conviction and incarceration in a Federal, State, or
Local institution for a felony or a misdemeanor.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans who have applied for
compensation for service-connected disability under 38 U.S.C. Chapter
11. Veterans who have applied for nonservice-connected disability under
38 U.S.C. Chapter 15. Veterans entitled to burial benefits under 38
U.S.C. Chapter 23. Surviving spouses and children who have claimed
pensions based on nonservice-connected death of a veteran under 38
U.S.C. Chapter 15. Surviving spouses and children who have claimed
death compensation based on service-connected death of a veteran under
38 U.S.C. Chapter 11. Surviving spouses and children who have claimed
dependency and indemnity compensation for serviceconnected death of a
veteran under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 13. Parents who have applied for death
compensation based on serviceconnected death of a veteran under 38
U.S.C. Chapter 11. Parents who have applied for dependency and
indemnity compensation for service-connected death of a veteran under
38 U.S.C. Chapter 13. Individuals who applied for educational
assistance benefits administered by VA under title 38 of the U.S. Code.
Individuals who applied for educational assistance benefits maintained
by the Department of Defense under title 10 of the U.S. Code that are
administered by VA. Veterans who apply for training and employers who
apply for approval of their programs under the provisions of the
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983, Public Law 98-77.
Veterans who apply for training and employers who apply for approval of
their programs under the provisions of the Service Members Occupational
Conversion and Training Act of 1992, Public Law 102-484.
Representatives of individuals covered by the system. Fee personnel who
may be paid by the VA which includes caregivers.
Categories of Records: Records include identifying information such
as social security number, last name, first name, middle name, suffix
name, date of birth, date of computation begins, length of sentence,
place of current confinement or destination of confinement if in-
transit, Federal Register number, type of offense, and date of
scheduled or actual release.
System(s) of Records: ``Compensation, Pension, Education, and
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA (58 VA 21/22/
28)'', 86 FR 61858 (November 8, 2021), routine use 45. VA will
additionally match SSNs received from BOP with SSNs in VA's system of
records titled, ``Caregiver Support Program-Caregiver Record Management
Application (CARMA)-VA (197VA10)'', 86 FR 18588 (April 9, 2021),
routine use 14. ``Justice/BOP-005'', 78 FR 1 1575 (February 19, 2013),
routine use (i).
Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this
document 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. Merissa
Larson, Chief Privacy Officer and Chair of the Data Integrity Board,
Department of Veterans Affairs approved this document on September 4,
2025 for publication.
Dated: December 10, 2025.
Crystal Drakeford,
Government Information Specialist, VA Privacy Service, Office of
Compliance, Risk and Remediation, Office of Information and Technology,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-22700 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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