[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44764-44765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18195]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION:  Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Trustee Report, DD Form 
2826; OMB Number 0703--[To Be Determined].
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 300.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 150.
    Needs and Uses: This form is used to report on the administration 
of the funds received on behalf of a mentally incompetent member of the 
uniformed services. The authority for the collection of information is 
37 U.S.C. sections

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602-604. When members of the uniformed services are declared mentally 
incompetent, the need arises to have a trustee appointed to act on 
their behalf with regard to military pay matters. Trustees will 
complete this form to report the administration of the funds received. 
The trustee is required to report dates, amounts, and reasons for 
payments made. This reporting requirement helps alleviate the 
opportunity for fraud, waste, and abuse of Government funds and member 
benefits.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: July 13, 2000.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 00-18195 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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