[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68798-68799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30711]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2009-HA-0185]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs announces the proposed extension of a public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the information collection on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 1, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to: TRICARE Management 
Activity, TRICARE Overseas Program Branch, ATTN: Ms. Kimberly Stakes, 
5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810, Falls Church, VA 22041-3206, or call 
703-681-0039.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Women, Infants, and 
Children Overseas Program (WIC Overseas) Eligibility Application; OMB 
Control Number 0720-0030.
    Needs and Uses: The proposed information collection requirement is 
necessary for individuals to apply for certification and periodic 
recertification to receive WIC Overseas benefits.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 187.5.
    Number of Respondents: 375.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Initially and Every Six Months.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    The purpose of the program is to provide supplemental foods and 
nutrition education to serve as an adjunct to good health care during 
critical times of growth and development, in order to prevent the 
occurrence of health problems, including drug and other substance 
abuse, and to improve the health status of program participants. The 
benefit is similar to the benefit provided under the domestic WIC 
program.
    Respondents are individuals who are members of the armed forces on 
duty at stations outside the United States (and its territories and 
possessions) and to eligible civilians serving with, employed by, or 
accompanying the armed forces at these locations who desire to receive 
supplemental food and nutrition education services. To be eligible for 
the DoD special supplemental food program, a person must be a member of 
the armed forces on duty at stations outside the U.S. (and

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its territories and possessions) or an eligible civilian serving with, 
employed by, or accompanying the armed forces outside the U.S. (and its 
territories and possessions). Additionally, the person must be found to 
be at nutritional risk. Specifically, to be certified as eligible to 
receive benefits under the program, a person must:
     Meet specific program income guidelines published by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and
     Meet one of the criteria listed determined to be 
indicative of nutritional risk.
    Determinations of income eligibility and nutritional risk will be 
made to the extent practicable using applicable standards used by the 
USDA in determining eligibility for the domestic WIC program. In 
determining income eligibility, the Department will use the Department 
of Health and Human Services income poverty table for the State of 
Alaska.

    Dated: December 22, 2009.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-30711 Filed 12-28-09; 8:45 am]
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