[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3674-3675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1059]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0034]


Agency Information Collection (Trainee Request for Leave--Chapter 
31, Title 38, U.S.C.) 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

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announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department 
of Veterans Affairs, will submit 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; it includes 
the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 20, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through http://www.Regulations.gov or 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. 2900-0034'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, FAX (202) 273-0443 or e-mail 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0034.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Trainee Request for Leave--Chapter 31, Title 38, U.S.C., VA 
Form 28-1905h.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0034.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Claimants complete VA Form 28-1905h to request leave from 
their Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program training. The 
trainer or authorized school official must verify on the form that the 
absence will or will not interfere with claimant's progress in the 
program. Claimants will continue to receive subsistence allowance and 
other program services during the leave period as if he or she were 
attending training. Disapproval of the request may result in loss of 
subsistence allowance for the leave period.
    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 October 28, 2008, at page 64015.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7,500 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.

    Dated: January 12, 2009.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
[FR Doc. E9-1059 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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