[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46983-46984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18001]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 36

RIN 2900-AR05


Loan Guaranty: COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim Payment 
Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is making technical 
amendments to the final rule published on Friday, May 28, 2021. The 
final rule establishes the COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim 
Payment program (COVID-VAPCP), a temporary program to help Veterans 
return to making normal loan payments on a VA-guaranteed loan after 
exiting a forbearance for financial hardship due, directly or 
indirectly, to the COVID-19 national emergency.

DATES: These technical amendments are effective August 23, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Trevayne, Assistant Director, 
Loan Property and Management, Loan Guaranty Service (26), Veterans 
Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8862. (This is not a toll-
free telephone number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is amending its final rule, ``RIN 2900-
AR05; Loan Guaranty: COVID-VAPCP'', that was published on May 28, 2021, 
in the Federal Register at 86 FR 28692. In the Paperwork Reduction Act 
section of the final rule, VA noted it had submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval new information collections 
under 38 CFR 36.4803 and 36.4805 through 36.4807. OMB has approved 
these collections of information and assigned an OMB control number. 
Therefore, VA is issuing these technical amendments to add the OMB 
control number to the published regulation.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 36

    Condominiums, Housing, Individuals with disabilities, Loan 
programs--housing and community development, Loan programs--veterans, 
Manufactured homes, Mortgage insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Veterans.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the VA amends 38 CFR 
part 36 to read as follows:

PART 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERAN'S RELIEF

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1. The authority citation for part 36 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.


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2. Amend Sec.  36.4803 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the 
end of the section to read as follows:


Sec.  36.4803   General requirements of the COVID-19 Veterans 
Assistance Partial Claim Payment program.

* * * * *
    (The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information 
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-
0889).
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3. Amend Sec.  36.4805 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the 
end of the section to read as follows:


Sec.  36.4805   Terms of the partial claim payment.

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    (The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information 
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-
0889).
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4. Amend Sec.  36.4806 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the 
end of the section to read as follows:


Sec.  36.4806   Terms of the assistance to the veteran.

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    (The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information 
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-
0889).
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5. Amend Sec.  36.4807 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the 
end of the section to read as follows:


Sec.  36.4807   Application for partial claim payment.

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    (The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information 
collection requirements in this section under control numbers 2900-0021 
and 2900-0889).
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    Dated: August 18, 2021.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-18001 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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