[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 112 (Monday, June 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34186-34187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3046]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974, Addition of Routine Use to System of Records 
Compensation, Pension, Education and Rehabilitation Records--VA

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice; addition of routine use.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), 
notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is 
amending the system of records ``VA Compensation, Pension, Education 
and Rehabilitation Records--VA'' (58VA21/22) by adding a new routine 
use to the system to disclose identifying information on VA 
beneficiaries who have been adjudicated incompetent to the Attorney 
General or his/her designee for entry into the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

DATES: If no public comment is received during the 30-day review period 
allowed for public comment, or unless otherwise published in the 
Federal Register by VA, the amended system of records is effective July 
13, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, 
suggestions, or objections regarding the proposed amended routine use 
statement to the Director, Regulations Management (00REG1), Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 
20420; or fax to (202) 273-9026; or e-mail to 
[email protected]. All relevant material received before July 
13, 2005, will be considered. All written comments received will be 
available for public inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and 
Management, Room 1063B, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday (except holidays). Please call (202) 273-9515 for 
an appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela C. Liverman, Consultant, 
Compensation and Pension Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 
Pub. L. 103-159, mandated the establishment of the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The Brady Act authorizes the 
Attorney General to secure information from Federal agencies on seven 
categories of persons who are ineligible to receive firearms under the 
Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 922(g) and (n), for entry into the NICS. The 
only relevant category for purposes of this routine use is ``persons 
adjudicated as mentally incompetent.'' The Brady Act requires Federal 
agencies to furnish the information on these individuals to NICS upon 
request of the Attorney General. VA proposes to add a new routine use 
to 58VA21/22 under which to disclose identifying information on VA 
beneficiaries who have been adjudicated incompetent under 38 CFR 3.353 
to the Attorney General or his/her designee for entry into the NICS. VA 
has determined that the release of information for this purpose is 
appropriate and necessary because the Brady Act requires VA to furnish 
such information to the NICS after receiving a request from the 
Attorney General.
    An altered system of records report and a copy of the revised 
system notice have been sent to the House of Representatives Committee 
on Government Reform and Oversight, the Senate Committee on 
Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and guidelines issued by OMB (65 FR 77677, 
December 12, 2000).
    The proposed new routine use number 64 will be added to the system 
of records entitled ``VA Compensation, Pension, Education and 
Rehabilitation Records--VA'' (58VA21/22), as published at 41 FR 924 
(March 3, 1976), and last amended at 66 FR 47725 (September 13, 2001), 
with other amendments as cited therein.

    Approved: June 7, 2005.
R. James Nicholson,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Notice of Amendment to System of Records

    The system identified as 58VA21/22 ``Compensation, Pension, 
Education, and Rehabilitation Records,'' published at 41 FR 924 (March 
3, 1976), and last amended at 66 FR 47725 (September 13, 2001), with 
other amendments as cited therein, is revised to add a new routine use 
number 64 as follows:


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58VA21/22

System name:
    Compensation, Pension, Education and Rehabilitation Records-VA.
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    64. The name and address of a VA beneficiary, and other information 
as is reasonably necessary to identify such beneficiary, who has been 
adjudicated as incompetent under 38 CFR 3.353, may be provided to the 
Attorney General of the United States or his/her designee, for use by 
the Department of Justice in the National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System (NICS) mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention 
Act, Pub. L. 103-159.
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[FR Doc. E5-3046 Filed 6-10-05; 8:45 am]
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