Notice2026-06990
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Veterans' Preference Eligibility
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Published
April 10, 2026
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)-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 91, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06990]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act and Veterans' Preference Eligibility
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Veterans'
Employment and Training Service (VETS)-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 May 11, 2026.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#682c272437383a2937383d2a24212b280c0704460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c783888b98979586989792858b8e8487a3a8abe9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 38 U.S.C. 4322 of USERRA authorizes
the Secretary of Labor (through the Veterans' Employment and Training
Service) to investigate claims by individuals who believe their USERRA
rights have been violated. The information is used to determine
eligibility of veterans complaints to reemployment rights they are
seeking as well as to state alleged violations by employers of the
pertinent statutes and request assistance in obtaining appropriate
reemployment benefits. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA)
of 1998, Public Law 105-339, 112 Stat. 3182, contained in Title 5
U.S.C. 3330a-3330(b), provides assistance to preference eligible
individuals who believe their rights under the veterans' preference
laws and the Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law No:
110-389) have been violated. Section 3 of the VEOA provides the
Secretary of Labor similar authority to investigate complaints brought
by preference eligibles. The collection instrument completed by
claimants contains the information required and needed for the
Department to determine initial eligibility of the claimant. For
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related
notice published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2026 (91 FR
3230).
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.
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-VETS.
Title of Collection: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act and Veterans' Preference Eligibility.
OMB Control Number: 1293-0002.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,250.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,250.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,688 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $99.00.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).)
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2026-06990 Filed 4-9-26; 8:45 am]
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