[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 70 (Friday, April 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20305-20306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07610]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Death Gratuity

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before May 11, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will

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have practical utility; (2) if the information will be processed and 
used in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of 
the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008, Public Law 110-181, was enacted on January 28, 2008. 
Section 1105 of Public Law 110-181 amended the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act (FECA) creating a new section, 5 U.S.C. 8102a 
effective upon enactment. This section establishes a FECA death 
gratuity benefit of up to $100,000 for eligible beneficiaries of 
federal employees and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) 
employees who die from injuries incurred in connection with service 
with an Armed Force in a contingency operation. 5 U.S.C.Sec.  8102a 
also permits agencies to authorize retroactive payment of the death 
gratuity for employees who died on or after October 7, 2001 in service 
with an Armed Force in the theater of operations of Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. 5 U.S.C. 8102a also allows federal 
employees to vary the order of precedence of beneficiaries or to name 
alternate beneficiaries 20 CFR 10.909, and 10.911 provides that the CA-
40, CA-41, and CA-42 are the forms to be used to designate 
beneficiaries and initiate the payment process for death gratuity 
benefits. Form CA-40 is an optional form that requests the information 
necessary from the employee to accomplish this variance and to name 
alternate beneficiaries only if the employee wishes to do so. Form CA-
41 provides the means for those named beneficiaries and possible 
recipients to file claims for those benefits and requests information 
from such claimants so that OWCP may determine their eligibility for 
payment. Further, the statute and regulations require agencies to 
notify OWCP immediately upon the death of a covered employee. CA-42 
provides the means to accomplish this notification and requests 
information necessary to administer any claim for benefits resulting 
from such a death. For additional substantive information about this 
ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on 
November 5, 2019 (84 FR 59652).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-OWCP.
    Title of Collection: Death Gratuity.
    OMB Control Number: 1240-0017.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Federal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 4.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $1.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: April 7, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07610 Filed 4-9-20; 8:45 am]
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