[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38927-38928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18442]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).


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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to 
request approval of an information collection currently in use without 
an OMB Control Number when veterans, dependents, and other authorized 
individuals request information from or copies of documents in military 
personnel, military medical, and dependent medical records. The public 
is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 20, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Paperwork Reduction Act Comments 
(NHP), Room 3200, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 
Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001; or faxed to 301-713-6913; or 
electronically mailed to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information collection and supporting statement 
should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm at telephone number 301-713-6730, 
or fax number 301-713-6913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), NARA invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed information collections. The 
comments and suggestions should address one or more of the following 
points: (a) Whether the proposed information collection is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of NARA; (b) the accuracy 
of NARA's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on respondents, including the use of 
information technology. The comments that are submitted will be 
summarized and included in the NARA request for Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this notice, NARA is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    Title: Authorization for Release of Military Medical Patient 
Records, Request for Information Needed to Locate Medical Records, 
Request for Information Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data, and 
Questionnaire about Military Service.
    OMB number: 3095-New.
    Agency form number: NA Forms 13036, 13042, 13055, and 13075.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state 
and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of respondents: 79,800.
    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to 
request information from a military personnel, military medical, and 
dependent medical record).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,650 hours.
    Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR 
1228.162. In accordance with rules issued by the Department of Defense 
(DOD) and the Department of Transportation (DOT, U.S. Coast Guard), the 
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) of the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA) administers military personnel and 
medical records of veterans after discharge, retirement, and death. In 
addition, NRPC administers the medical records of dependents of service 
personnel. When veterans, dependents, and other authorized individuals 
request information from or copies of documents on military personnel, 
military medical, and dependent medical records, they must provide on 
forms or in letters certain information about the veteran and the 
nature of the request. A major fire at the NPRC on July 12, 1973, 
destroyed numerous military records. If individuals' requests involve 
records or information from records that may have been lost in the 
fire, requesters may be asked to complete NA Form 13075, Questionnaire 
about Military Service, or NA Form 13055, Request for Information 
Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data, so that NPRC staff can search 
alternative sources to reconstruct the requested information. 
Requesters who ask for medical records of dependents of service 
personnel and hospitalization records of military personnel are asked 
to complete NA Form 13042, Request for Information Needed to Locate 
Medical Records, so that NPRC staff can locate the desired records. 
Certain types of information contained in military personnel and 
medical records are restricted from disclosure unless the veteran 
provides a more specific release authorization than is normally 
required. Veterans are asked to complete NA Form 13036, Authorization 
for Release of Military Medical Patient Records, to authorize release 
to a third party of a restricted type of information found in the 
desired record.

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
L. Reynolds Cahoon,
Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and Information Services.
[FR Doc. 99-18442 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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