[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27290-27291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12248]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-049]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is requesting 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 the procedures they should follow to request certified 
copies of records for use in civil litigation or criminal actions in 
courts of law, and 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.

DATES: OMB must receive written comments at the address below on or 
before July 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Nicholas A. Fraser, desk officer for 
NARA, by mail to Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503, by fax to 202-395-5167, or by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct requests for additional 
information or copies of the proposed information collection and 
supporting statement to Tamee Fechhelm by phone at 301-837-1694 or by 
email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite the public and Federal agencies to 
comment on information collections we propose to renew. We submit 
proposals to renew information collections first through a public 
comment period and then to OMB for review and approval pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). We 
published a notice of proposed collection for these information 
collections on April 7, 2017 (82 FR 17038), and we received no 
comments. We have therefore submitted the described information 
collections to OMB for approval.
    We invite comments on: (a) Whether the proposed information 
collections are necessary for NARA to properly perform its functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) our 
estimates of the information collection's burden on respondents; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information we 
propose to collect; (d) ways to minimize the burden on respondents of 
collecting the information, including through use of information 
technology; and (e) whether these collections affect small businesses. 
All comments will become a matter of public record. In this notice, 
NARA solicits comments concerning the following 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, their authorized 
representatives, state and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of 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 Homeland Security (U.S. 
Coast Guard), NPRC also administers military service records of 
veterans after discharge, 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 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, and 
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

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Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (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.
    We use these National 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 get documents to people 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. 2017-12248 Filed 6-13-17; 8:45 am]
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