[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13071-13072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5235]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0215]


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

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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 18, 2005.

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. 2900-0215.'' 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. 2900-0215'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Request for Information To Make Direct Payment to Child 
Reaching Majority, VA, Form Letter 21-863.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0215.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form Letter 21-863 is used to determine a 
schoolchild's continued eligibility to VA death benefits and 
eligibility to direct payment at the age of majority. Death pension or 
dependency and indemnity compensation is paid to an eligible veteran's 
child when there is not an eligible surviving spouse and the child is 
between the ages of 18 and 23 and attending school. Until the child 
reaches the age of majority, payment is made to a custodian or 
fiduciary on behalf of the child. An unmarried schoolchild, who is not 
incompetent, is entitled to begin receiving direct payment on the age 
of majority.
    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 November 17, 2004 at page 67389.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One-time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.

    Dated: February 28, 2005.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Loise Russell,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 05-5235 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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