[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 43559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12257]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Poverty Threshold

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice 
that VA will not publish the annual weighted average poverty threshold 
figures in the Federal Register, as previously announced. Instead, 
interested parties may obtain that information directly from the U.S. 
Census Bureau's Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Russo, Chief, Regulations Staff, 
Compensation and Pension Service, Regulations Staff, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 
telephone (202) 273-7210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA published a final rule amending 38 CFR 
4.16(a) in the Federal Register of August 3, 1990, 55 FR 31,579. The 
amendment provided that marginal employment generally shall be deemed 
to exist when a veteran's earned annual income does not exceed the 
amount established by the U.S. Census Bureau as the poverty threshold 
for one person. The provisions of 38 CFR 4.16(a) use the poverty 
threshold as a standard in defining marginal employment when 
considering total disability ratings for compensation based on 
unemployability of an individual. We stated we would publish annual 
poverty threshold figures as established by the U.S. Census Bureau. VA 
does not intend to continue that function because those poverty 
threshold figures are now available to the public directly from the 
U.S. Census Bureau's Web site at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld.html.

    Approved: July 24, 2006.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-12257 Filed 7-31-06; 8:45 am]
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