[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 58 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15436-15437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6626]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0118]


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

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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 April 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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. 
2900-0118.''
    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. 
2900-0118'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Transfer of Scholastic Credit (Schools), VA Form Letter 22-
315.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: When a student receiving VA education benefits is 
enrolled at two training institutions, the institution at which the 
student pursues his or her approved program of education must verify 
that courses pursued at a second or supplemental institution will be 
accepted at full credit toward the student's course objective. 
Educational payment for courses pursued at the second institution is 
not payable until evidence is received verifying that the student is 
pursuing his or her approved program while enrolled in these courses. 
VA Form Letter 22-315 serves as this certification of acceptance. The 
form letter is sent to the student requesting that they have the 
certifying official of his or her primary institution to list the 
course or courses pursued at the second institution for which the 
primary institution will give full credit. Without this information, 
benefits cannot be authorized for any courses pursued at other than the 
primary institution.
    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 15, 2003, at pages 69773-69774.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, and State, local or 
tribal government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,550 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,300.

    Dated: March 16, 2004.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Loise Russell,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 04-6626 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]
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