[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13366-13367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6617]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0379]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans 
Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has 
submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA 
submission describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 18, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise 
McLamb, Records Management Service (005E3), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030, 
FAX (202) 273-5981 or e-mail: [email protected]. Please refer 
to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0379.''
    Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the 
information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources 
and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 
2900-0379'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Time Record (Work-Study Program), VA Form 22-8690.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0379.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 22-8690 is used to report the number of hours 
completed and to ensure that the amount of benefits payable to a 
claimant who is pursuing work-study is correct. When a claimant elects 
to receive an advance

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payment, VA will make the advance payment for 50 hours, but will 
withhold benefits (to recoup the advance payment) until the claimant 
completes his or her 50 hours of service. VA will not pay any 
additional amount in advance payment cases until the claimant completes 
a total of 100 hours of service (50 hours for the advance payment and 
50 hours for an additional payment). If the claimant elects not to 
receive an advance payment, benefits are payable when the claimant 
completes 50 hours of service.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on December 17, 2002, at page 77321.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, Individuals or 
households, Business or other for-profit, Federal Government, and 
State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,333 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 31,000.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 124,000.

    Dated: February 26, 2003.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Martin L. Hill,
Acting Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 03-6617 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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