[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 33469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13446]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0325]


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 July 15, 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. 2900-0325.'' 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. 2900-0325'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certificate of Delivery of Advance Payment and Enrollment, 
VA Form 22-1999V.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0325.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA will make payments of educational assistance in 
advance when the veteran, servicemember, reservist, or eligible person 
has specifically requested such payment. The school in which the 
student is accepted or enrolled delivers the advance payment to the 
student and is required to certify the delivers to VA. VA Form 22-1999V 
serves as the certificate of delivery of advance payment and to report 
any changes in the student's training status. The schools are required 
to report the following to VA: (1) The failure of the student to 
enroll; (2) an interruption or termination of attendance; or, (3) a 
finding of unsatisfactory attendance, conduct or progress. If the 
information were not collected or collected less often, VA will be 
unable to prevent inaccurate payments.
    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 February 2, 2004, at pages 4987-4988.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and State, local or tribal government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,133 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,000.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 13,600.

    Dated: June 2, 2004.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Loise Russell,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 04-13446 Filed 6-14-04; 8:45 am]
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