[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 66 (Friday, April 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17038-17039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06912]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-036]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension request.

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SUMMARY: NARA proposes to request an extension from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) of approval to use the following three 
information collections. We use the first information collection form 
to advise requesters of (1) the procedures they should follow to 
request certified copies of records for use in civil litigation or 
criminal actions in courts of law, and (2) the information they need to 
provide us so that we can identify the correct records. Veterans, 
military dependents, and other authorized people use the second 
information collection form to request information from, or copies of, 
documents in military personnel, military medical, and dependent 
medical records. Genealogical researchers use the National Archives 
Trust Fund (NATF) forms contained in the third information collection 
to order records for genealogical research. We invite you to comment on 
these three proposed information collections pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: We must receive written comments on or before June 6, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Paperwork Reduction Act Comments (ID), Room 
4400, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 
College Park, MD 20740-6001, fax them to 301-713-7409, or email them to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone at 
301-837-1694 or fax at 301-713-7409 with requests for additional 
information or copies of the proposed information collection forms and 
supporting statements.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), NARA invites the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on proposed information collections. The comments 
and suggestions should address one or more of the following points: (a) 
Whether the proposed information collections are necessary for NARA to 
properly perform its functions; (b) NARA's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collections and its accuracy; (c) ways NARA 
could enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information it 
collects; (d) ways NARA could minimize the burden on respondents of 
collecting the information, including through information technology; 
and (e) whether these collections affect small businesses. We will 
summarize any comments you submit and include the summary in our 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this notice, we solicit comments concerning the following 
three information collections:

    1. Title: Court Order Requirements.
    OMB number: 3095-0038.
    Agency form number: NA Form 13027.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Military service members, their dependents, 
veterans, former Federal civilian employees, authorized 
representatives, state and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of annual respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated time per response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent needs to 
request information for use in litigation or an action in a court of 
law).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,250 hours.
    Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR 
1228.164. In accordance with rules issued by the Office of Personnel 
Management, NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) administers 
former Federal civilian employee Official Personnel Folders (OPF) and 
Employee Medical Folders (EMF). In accordance with rules issued by the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation (U.S. Coast 
Guard), NPRC also administers military service records of veterans 
after discharge,

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retirement, and death, and the medical records of these veterans, 
current members of the Armed Forces, and their dependents. We use the 
NA Form 13027, Court Order Requirements, to advise requesters of (1) 
the procedures they should follow to request certified copies of 
records for use in civil litigation or criminal actions in courts of 
law, and (2) the information they need to provide us so that we can 
identify the correct records.

    2. Title: Forms Relating to Military Service Records.
    OMB number: 3095-0039.
    Agency form number: NA Forms 13036, 13042, 13055, 13075, and 13177.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans, military dependents, their authorized 
representatives, state and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of respondents: 132,500.
    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to 
request information from a military personnel, military medical, or 
dependent medical record).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 11,042 hours.
    Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR 
1228.164. In accordance with rules issued by the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Transportation (U.S. Coast Guard), NARA's 
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) administers military personnel 
and medical records of veterans after discharge, retirement, and death. 
In addition, NRPC administers the medical records of dependents of 
service personnel. When veterans, dependents, and other authorized 
individuals request information from, or copies of, documents in 
military personnel, military medical, and dependent medical records, 
they must provide on forms or in letters certain information about the 
veteran and the nature of the request so that we may find the correct 
records, protect the privacy of the person in the records from 
unauthorized access, and reconstruct information if needed. We ask 
requesters who seek medical records of dependents of service personnel 
and hospitalization records of military personnel to complete NA Form 
13042, Request for Information Needed to Locate Medical Records, so 
that NPRC staff can locate the desired records. Certain types of 
information contained in military personnel and medical records are 
restricted from disclosure unless the veteran provides a more specific 
release authorization than is normally required for other records. In 
such cases, we ask veterans to complete NA Form 13036, Authorization 
for Release of Military Medical Patient Records, to authorize release 
to a third party of a restricted type of information found in the 
desired record. A major fire at the NPRC on July 12, 1973, destroyed 
numerous military records. If a person's request involves records or 
information from records that may have been lost in the fire, we may 
ask them to complete NA Form 13075, Questionnaire about Military 
Service, or NA Form 13055, Request for Information Needed to 
Reconstruct Medical Data, so that NPRC staff can search alternative 
sources to reconstruct the requested information. Requesters may check 
the status of a request for clinical or medical treatment records 
through the online NA Form 13177, Check the Status of a Clinical & 
Medical & Treatment Records Request. We use the information entered 
here to identify and track the requests and provide status updates.

    3. Title: Order Forms for Genealogical Research in the National 
Archives.
    OMB number: 3095-0027.
    Agency form numbers: NATF Forms 84, 85, and 86.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated number of respondents: 10,318.
    Estimated time per response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,720.
    Abstract: We use these Nation Archives Trust Fund (NATF) forms to 
process requests for certain types of genealogical research documents. 
We need to handle requests for these types of records by order due to 
the volume of requests we receive for them; otherwise, we would not be 
able to handle them in a timely way. The forms also allow us to collect 
specific information from the researcher that we need to search for the 
records they want. The forms are: NATF 84, National Archives Order for 
Copies of Land Entry Files; NATF 85, National Archives Order for Copies 
of Pension or Bounty Land Warrant Applications; and NATF 86, National 
Archives Order for Copies of Military Service Records. As a 
convenience, the paper forms allow researchers to provide credit card 
information to authorize billing and expedited mailing of the copies. 
Researchers can instead use Order Online! (http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/military_and_genealogy_order_forms.html) to 
complete the forms and order the copies.

Swarnali Haldar,
Executive for Information Services/CIO.
[FR Doc. 2017-06912 Filed 4-6-17; 8:45 am]
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