[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20138]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Veterans' Employment and Training Service; Agency Information 
Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; 
Eligibility Data Form; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment 
Rights Act (USERRA)

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On May 6, 1998, the Veterans' Employment and Training Service 
published a Federal Register notice (63 FR 25097) requesting public 
comment on the proposed extension of the USERRA. The May 6, notice 
allowed a thirty day comment period which closed June 5, 1998. As the 
Paperwork Reduction Act requires a sixty day public comment period, 
this notice provides the public with an additional thirty day comment 
period.
    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation 
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an 
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of 
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that 
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden 
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are 
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on 
respondents can be properly assessed. Currently VETS is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension of the information 
collection request for the Eligibility Data Form, USERRA 38 U.S.C., 
Chapter 43. The Department of Labor is particularly interested in 
comments which:.
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by August 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Coments are to be submitted to Hary Puente-Duany, Director, 
Office of Agency Management and Budget, Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1320A, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 219-
6350. Written comments limited to 10 pages or fewer may also be 
transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219-7341.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Wilson, Chief, Compliance Programs, Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1316, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-8611. 
Copies of the referenced information collection request are available 
for inspection and copying in the Docket Office and will be mailed to 
persons who request copies by telephoning Robert Wilson at (202) 219-
8611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The purposes of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment 
Rights Act and this information collection requirement include: protect 
and facilitate the reemployment and prompt reemployment of members of 
the uniformed services (to include National Guard and Reserves); to 
minimize disruption to the lives of persons who perform service in the 
uniformed services and their civilian employers; and to encourage 
individuals to participate in non-career uniformed service. Also, to 
prohibit discrimination in employment and acts of reprisal against 
persons because of their obligation in the uniformed services, prior 
services, filing a USERRA claim, seeking assistance concerning an 
alleged violation, testifying in a proceeding, or otherwise 
participating in an investigation.

II. Current Actions

    This notice request an extension of the current Office of 
Management and Budget approval of the paperwork requirements in the 
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Extension is 
necessary to fulfill the statutory requirements for this program.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
    Title: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
    OMB Number: 1293-0002.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Respondents: 4,215.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 4,215.
    Average Time per Response: .30 hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 632.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Initial Annual Costs: 0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for the Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request. The comments will 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: July 21, 1998.
Hary Puente-Duany,
Director, Office of Agency Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 98-20138 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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