[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61398-61399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25849]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2015-OS-0094]


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 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 proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have 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 December 
14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:

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     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
    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), ATTN: Lieutenant 
Colonel Ronald S. Hunter, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
4000, or call at (703) 695-3176.

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 Control Number 0704-0448.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to properly identify the former spouse who is eligible to request a 
deemed SBP election on behalf of the member. Since a Uniformed Services 
member may have more than one former spouse, the requested information 
will serve to identify the correct former spouse.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 400.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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 
requests will be made by submitting the proposed 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 election is not submitted within the one year period 
described above and the members fail to elect former spouse SBP 
coverage, no former spouse coverage will be provided. The proposed form 
DD Form 2656-10, ``Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)/Reserve Component (RC) 
SBP Request for Deemed Election,'' will become the prescribed form 
required for submitting such requests.

    Dated: October 6, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-25849 Filed 10-9-15; 8:45 am]
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