Agency Information Collection Activity: Student Beneficiary Report-Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS)

• Citation: 86 FR 35154
• Record Number: 2021-14037
• Published date: 01 July 2021
• Section: Notices
• Court: Veterans Affairs Department

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 124 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 124 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 35154]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-14037]
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                DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
                [OMB Control No. 2900-0399]
                Agency Information Collection Activity: Student Beneficiary
                Report--Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS)
                AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
                Affairs.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: Veteran's 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
                reinstatement 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 August 30, 2021.
                ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
                through Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov
                or to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Administration (20M33),
                Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
                20420 or email to [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control
                No. 2900-0399'' in any correspondence. During the comment period,
                comments may be viewed online through FDMS.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
                and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
                Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266-4688 or email [email protected].
                Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0399'' in any correspondence.
                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.
                 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. 5101; 38 CFR 3.812.
                 Title: Student Beneficiary Report--Restored Entitlement Program for
                Survivors (REPS) (VA Form 21P-8938-1).
                 OMB Control Number: 2900-0399.
                 Type of Review: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved
                collection.
                 Abstract: A claimant's eligibility for needs-based pension programs
                are determined in part by countable family income and certain
                deductible expenses. Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS)
                is a benefit payable to certain surviving spouses and dependent
                children of deceased Veterans who died in service prior to August 13,
                1981 or died as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or
                aggravated prior to August 13, 1981. In these situations, VBA uses VA
                Form 21P-8938-1 Student Beneficiary Report--Restored Entitlement
                Program for Survivors (REPS), to verify beneficiaries receiving REPS
                benefits based on school-aged child status, are in fact enrolled full-
                time in an approved school and are otherwise eligible for continue
                benefits under REPS. Without this information, determination of
                eligibility would not be possible.
                 Affected Public: Individuals and households.
                 Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours.
                 Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
                 Frequency of Response: Annually.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.
                 By direction of the Secretary.
                Dorothy Glasgow,
                VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alternate) Office of Enterprise and
                Integration/Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
                [FR Doc. 2021-14037 Filed 6-30-21; 8:45 am]
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