[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33999-34000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14401]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Parts 18 and 21

RIN 2900-AI36


Spouse and Surviving Spouse; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs published a document on 
February 6, 1997, amending 38 CFR part 3 by removing Sec.  3.51. At 
that time, we failed to remove all the cross-references to 38 CFR 3.51 
in other parts of 38 CFR. This document corrects that error by removing 
those cross-references.

DATES: Effective Date: June 10, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Molly McCann, Office of Regulation 
Policy and Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-4902. (This is not 
a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 6, 1997 (62 FR 5528), VA amended 
38 CFR part 3 to eliminate gender-specific language. As part of that 
amendment, VA removed 38 CFR 3.51. At that time, we failed to remove 
all the cross-references to 38 CFR 3.51 in other parts of 38 CFR. As 
Sec.  3.51 has been removed, any cross-references to it are obsolete 
and should have been eliminated. This document corrects those sections 
which refer to 38 CFR 3.51 by removing the cross-reference. These 
nonsubstantive technical corrections are made for clarity and accuracy. 
With this action, VA is amending 38 CFR part 18, Subpart E, Appendix B 
and 38 CFR 21.260(d), which contain cross-references to 38 CFR 3.51.

Administrative Procedure Act

    This action is a technical correction to cross-references in two 
regulations. Accordingly, it is exempt from the prior notice-and-
comment and delayed-effective-date requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553.

List of Subjects

38 CFR Part 18

    Administrative practice and procedure, Aged, Authority delegations, 
Blind, Buildings, Civil rights, Employment, Equal educational 
opportunity, Equal employment opportunity, Grant programs, Handicapped, 
Investigations.

38 CFR Part 21

    Administrative practice and procedure, Armed forces, Civil rights, 
Claims, Colleges and universities, Conflict of interests, Education, 
Employment, Grant programs--education, Grant programs--veterans, Health 
care, Loan programs--education, Loan programs--veterans, Manpower 
training programs, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Schools, 
Travel and transportation expenses,

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Veterans, Vocational education, Vocational rehabilitation.

William F. Russo,
Deputy Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of 
the General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 38 CFR parts 18 and 21 are 
correctly amended as follows:

PART 18--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS--EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

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1. The authority citation for 38 CFR part 18, subpart E continues to 
read as follows:

    Authority: Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
6101, et seq.; 45 CFR part 90 (1979).

Appendix B to Subpart E [Amended]


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2. Amend Appendix B to Subpart E, at the table titled ``Age 
Distinctions in Regulations Governing Federal Financial Assistance 
Programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs,'' third column, last 
paragraph, by removing ``3.51,''.

PART 21--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION

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3. The authority citation for part 21, subpart A continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in 
specific sections.


Sec.  21.260  [Amended]

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4. Amend Sec.  21.260(d) by removing ``3.51,''.

[FR Doc. 2011-14401 Filed 6-9-11; 8:45 am]
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