[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30828-30829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12391]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2014-OS-0079]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness), 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 Under Secretary of Defense 
(Personnel and Readiness) announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: (a) Whether the propsed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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 July 28, 
2014.

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, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    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.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

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 the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (MPP) 
(Compensation), ATTN: Pat Mulcahy, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, 
DC 20301-4000 or call at (703) 693-1059.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Survivor Benefit Plan 
(SBP)/Reserve Component (RC) SBP Request for Deemed Election; DD Form 
2656-10, OMB Number 0704-0448.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is 
necessary to properly identify and record the eligibility of a former 
spouse for an SBP election to be deemed on behalf of a retired military 
member. A former spouse must file for a deemed election within one year 
from the date of a court order or filing of a written agreement 
specifying former spouse or former spouse and child SBP coverage.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 95.
    Number of Respondents: 285.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency: One-time.
    A former spouse who has been awarded coverage under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan either by court order or written agreement, may, within 
one year of such court order or written agreement submit a request to 
have an election for such coverage deemed on behalf of the member. Such 
request will be made by submitting the renewal form and a copy of the 
court order, regular on its face, which requires such election or 
incorporates, ratifies, or approves the written agreement of such 
person; or a statement from the clerk of the court (or other 
appropriate official) that such agreement has been filed with the court 
in accordance with applicable state law.
    A former spouse is not required to submit a request for a deemed 
election. However, if a request for deemed

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election is not submitted within the one year period described in the 
previous paragraph and the member fails to elect former spouse SBP 
coverage, no former spouse coverage will be provided.
    The DD Form 2656-10, ``Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)/Reserve 
Component (RC) SBP Request for Deemed Election,'' is currently the 
prescribed form required for submitting such request.

    Dated: May 22, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12391 Filed 5-28-14; 8:45 am]
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