[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22519]


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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, Form, and OMB Number: Application for Discharge of Member or 
Survivor of Group Certified to Have Performed Active Duty with the 
Armed Forces of the Untied States; DD Form 2168; OMB Number 0704-0100.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 3,000.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 95-202, Section 401, directs the 
Secretary of Defense to determine if civilian employment or contractual 
service rendered by groups to the Armed Forces of the United States 
shall be considered active duty. This information collection provides 
the necessary information to assist each of the Military Departments in 
determining if an applicant was a member of a group that has performed 
active military service. Those individuals who have been recognized as 
a member of an approved group are eligible for benefits provide for by 
laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
    Affected Public: Individual 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 request 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: August 23, 2001.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 01-22519 Filed 9-6-01; 8:45 am]
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