[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 68512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22421]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0107]


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. 3501-3521), 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 December 12, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Records Management 
Service (005E3), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 565-8374, FAX (202) 565-6950 or e-
mail: [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 
2900-0107.''
    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. 
2900-0107'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certificate as to Assets, VA Form 21-4709.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0107.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Fiduciaries are required to complete VA Form 21-4709 to 
report investment in savings, bonds and other securities that he or she 
received on behalf of beneficiaries who are incompetent or under legal 
disability. Estate analysts employed by VA use the data collected to 
verify the fiduciaries accounting of the beneficiary's estate.
    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 June 7, 2005, at page 33261.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
local or tribal government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 863 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 12 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,316.

    Dated: October 31, 2005.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 05-22421 Filed 11-9-05; 8:45 am]
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