[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 48339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19789]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Unemployment 
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), Extension Without Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal 
agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps ensure that 
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden 
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are 
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on 
respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of 
data for the administration of the UCX program, the current expiration 
date is June 31, 2016

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before October 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Jeffery Haluska, Office of 
Unemployment Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: (202) 693-2992 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may 
access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Email: 
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR), please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The UCX law (5 U.S.C. 8521-8525) requires State Workforce Agencies 
(SWAs) to administer the UCX program in accordance with the same terms 
and conditions of the paying state's unemployment insurance law which 
apply to unemployed claimants who worked in the private sector. Each 
state agency needs to obtain certain military service information on 
claimants filing for UCX benefits to enable the state to determine 
their eligibility for benefits. As needed, most state agencies record 
required UCX information on the form developed by the Department, ETA 
843, Request for Military Document and Information. States not using 
the ETA 843 record required UCX information on form ETA 841, Request 
for Determination of Federal Military Service and Wages. The use of 
these forms is essential to the UCX claims process. Information 
pertaining to the UCX claimant which is recorded on the ETA 841 report 
can only be obtained from the individual's military discharge papers, 
maintained by the appropriate branch of military service or the 
Department of Veterans' Affairs (formerly the Veterans' 
Administration). Without the claimant's military information, a state 
cannot adequately determine potential UCX eligibility of ex-
servicemembers and would not be able to properly administer the 
program.

II. Review Focus

    The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Title: Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers.
    OMB Number: 1205-0176.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 841, ETA 843.
    Total Annual Respondents: 53.
    Annual Frequency: As needed.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 6,898 for the ETA 843, 260 for the ETA 
841.
    Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 119.3 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There are no costs for 
respondents.
    We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of 
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2015-19789 Filed 8-11-15; 8:45 am]
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