[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53635-53636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23097]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0074]


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. 3501-21), 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 and includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 14, 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. 2900-0074.''
    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. 
2900-0074'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Request for Change of Program or Place of Training for 
Veterans, Servicepersons, and Members of the Selected Reserve, VA Form 
22-1995.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0074.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA pays educational benefits to eligible veterans and 
persons on active duty, and to persons in the Selected Reserve. Each 
veteran, person on active duty, or person in the Selected Reserve must 
be pursuing an approved program of training to be eligible for 
benefits. The eligible student must complete VA Form 22-1995 to 
identify and request approval for a supplementary educational objective 
or place of training. VA cannot pay benefits if the veteran, person on 
active duty, or person in the Selected Reserve changes his or her 
educational objective or place of training without VA's approval. The 
information collected is used to determine continued eligibility for 
educational benefits, and to monitor the number of times a veteran, 
person on active duty, or person in the Selected Reserve has changed 
his or her educational objectives. 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 April 16, 
2003, at pages 18726-18727.

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    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 16,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 12 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 80,000.

    Dated: August 27, 2003.

    By direction of the Secretary:
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 03-23097 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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