[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36425-36426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12890]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2020-048]


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

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We have submitted to OMB for approval our request to continue 
to use the information collections described in this notice, consisting 
of National Archives Trust Fund (NATF) order forms for genealogical 
research in the National Archives. The NATF forms included in this 
information collection 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. We invite you to 
comment on the proposed extensions.

DATES: OMB must receive written comments on or before July 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain by July 
16, 2020. Find these particular information collections by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Tamee Fechhelm, Paperwork 
Reduction Act Officer, by email at [email protected] or by 
telephone at 301.837.1694 with requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information collection and supporting statement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we invite the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on proposed information collections. We published a 
notice of proposed collection for these information collections on 
April 8, 2020 (85 FR 19778) and we received no comments. We have 
therefore submitted the described information collections to OMB for 
approval.
    You should address one or more of the following points in any 
comments or suggestions you submit: (a) Whether the proposed 
information collections are necessary for NARA to properly perform its 
functions; (b) our estimates of the burden of the proposed information 
collections and their accuracy; (c) ways we could enhance the quality, 
utility,

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and clarity of the information we collect; (d) ways we could minimize 
the burden on respondents of collecting the information, including 
through information technology; and (e) whether these collections 
affect small businesses. All comments will become a matter of public 
record.
    In this notice, we solicit comments concerning the following 
information collections:

Collection 1

    1. Title: Request To Use Personal Paper-to-Paper Copiers at the 
National Archives at the College Park Facility.
    OMB number: 3095-0035.
    Agency form number: None.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated number of respondents: 5.
    Estimated time per response: 3 hours.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 15 hours.
    Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR 
1254.86. Respondents are organizations that want to make paper-to-paper 
copies of archival holdings with their personal copiers. NARA uses the 
information to determine whether the request meets the criteria in 36 
CFR 1254.86 and to schedule the limited space available.

Collections 2 and 3

    The following two information collections relate to requests for 
documents or information from former military personnel and medical 
records, military personnel and family medical records, or personnel 
and medical records of former Federal civilian employees. Both of these 
information collections are 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 Official 
Personnel Folders (OPF) and Employee Medical Folders (EMF) of former 
Federal civilian employees. In addition, in accordance with rules 
issued by the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Transportation (U.S. Coast Guard), NPRC also administers military 
personnel and medical records of veterans after discharge, retirement, 
and death, as well as the medical records of current members of the 
Armed Forces and dependents of Armed Forces 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.
    2. Title: Court Order Requirements.
    OMB number: 3095-0038.
    Agency form number: NA Form 13027.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans and 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.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,250 hours.
    Abstract: We use the NA Form 13027, Court Order Requirements, to 
advise requesters of (1) the correct procedures to follow when 
requesting 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 we may identify the correct records.

    3. Title: Authorization for Release of Military Medical Patient 
Records; Request for Information Needed to Locate Medical Records; 
Request for Information Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data; 
Questionnaire about Military Service; and Check the Status of a 
Clinical & Medical Treatment Records Request.
    OMB number: 3095-0039.
    Agency form number: NA Forms 13036, 13042, 13055, 13075, and 13177.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state 
and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of respondents: 79,800.
    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to 
request information from military personnel, military medical, or 
dependent medical records).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,650 hours.
    Abstract: A major fire at the NPRC on July 12, 1973, destroyed 
numerous military records. If individuals' requests involve records or 
information from records that may have been lost in the fire, we may 
ask requestors 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 who ask 
for medical records of dependents of service personnel and 
hospitalization records of military personnel must 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. Veterans must 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. For those who have already 
made a request, and want to check the status, they can use NA Form 
13177, Check the Status of a Clinical & Medical Treatment Records 
Request.

Swarnali Haldar,
Executive for Information Services/CIO.
[FR Doc. 2020-12890 Filed 6-15-20; 8:45 am]
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