Agency Information Collection Activity: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary

• Published date: 01 March 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 7183
• Record Number: 2019-03599
• Section: Notices
• Court: Veterans Affairs Department

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 7183-7184]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-03599]
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                DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
                [OMB Control No. 2900-0216]
                Agency Information Collection Activity: Application for Accrued
                Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary
                AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
                Affairs.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of
                Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment
                on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under
                the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are
                required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each
                proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension
                of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public
                comment in response to the notice.
                DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection
                of information should be received on or before April 30, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
                through Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov
                or to Nancy Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Administration (20M3),
                Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
                20420 or email to nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to ``OMB Control
                No. 2900-0216'' in any correspondence. During the comment period,
                comments may be viewed online through FDMS.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danny S. Green at (202) 421-1354.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must obtain approval from
                the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
                information they conduct or sponsor. This request for comment is being
                made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
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                 With respect to the following collection of information, VBA
                invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information
                is necessary for the proper performance of VBA's functions, including
                whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
                of VBA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
                information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
                the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
                the collection of information on respondents, including through the use
                of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of
                information technology.
                 Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5121.
                 Title: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary,
                VA Form 21P-601.
                 OMB Control Number: 2900-0216.
                 Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
                collection.
                 Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its
                Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), administers an integrated
                program of benefits and services established by law for veterans,
                service personnel, and their dependents and/or beneficiaries.
                Information is requested by this form under the authority of 38 U.S.C.
                5121, which provides the eligibility criteria for the payment of
                accrued benefits. VA regulated the eligibility criteria 38 CFR 3.1000
                through Sec. 3.1010.
                 VA Form 21P-601 is used to gather the information necessary to
                determine a claimant's entitlement to accrued benefits. Accrued
                benefits are amounts of VA benefits due, but unpaid, to a beneficiary
                at the time of his or her death. Benefits are paid to eligible
                survivors based on the priority described in 38 U.S.C. 5121(a). When
                there are no eligible survivors entitled to accrued benefits based on
                their relationship to the deceased beneficiary, the person or persons
                who bore the expenses of the beneficiary's last illness and burial may
                claim reimbursement for these expenses from accrued amounts.
                 Affected Public: Individuals and households.
                 Estimated Annual Burden: 7,920 hours.
                 Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
                 Frequency of Response: Once.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,840.
                 By direction of the Secretary.
                Danny S. Green,
                Interim VA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk,
                Department of Veterans Affairs.
                [FR Doc. 2019-03599 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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