[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-973]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0523]


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 February 17, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Records Management 
Service (005E3), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., or e-mail [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control 
No. 2900-0523.'' 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. 2900-0523'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Loan Analysis, VA Form 26-6393.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0523.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 26-6393 is used to determine a veteran-borrower 
qualification for a VA-guaranteed loan. Lenders complete and submit the 
form to provide evidence that the lender's decision to submit a prior 
approval loan application or close a loan on the automatic basis is 
based upon appropriate application of VA credit standards.
    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 October 14, 2003, at pages 59245-59246.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 100,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Total Respondents: 200,000.

    Dated: December 29, 2003.

    By direction of the Secretary:
Jacqueline Parks,
IT Specialist, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 04-973 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
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