[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23167-23168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10529]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0216]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 20, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0216'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danny S. Green at (202) 421-1354.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1521.
    Title: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary, 
VA Form 21P-601.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0216.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its 
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), administers an integrated 
program of benefits and services established by law for veterans, 
service personnel, and their dependents and/or beneficiaries. 
Information is requested by this form under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 
5121, which provides the eligibility criteria for the payment of 
accrued benefits. VA regulated the eligibility criteria 38 CFR 3.1000 
through 3.1010.
    VA Form 21P-601 is used to gather the information necessary to 
determine a claimant's entitlement to accrued benefits. Accrued 
benefits are amounts of VA benefits due, but unpaid, to a beneficiary 
at the time of his or her death. Benefits are paid to eligible 
survivors based on the priority described in 38 U.S.C. 5121(a). When 
there are no eligible survivors entitled to accrued benefits based on 
their relationship to the deceased beneficiary, the person or persons 
who bore the expenses of the beneficiary's last illness and burial may 
claim reimbursement for these expenses from accrued amounts.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 84 FR 7183 on March 1, 2019, pages 7183 
and 7184.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7,920 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,840.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
VA Interim Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Performance, and Risk, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-10529 Filed 5-20-19; 8:45 am]
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