[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 7774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02447]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0860]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Reimbursement of Qualifying Adoption Expenses for Certain Veterans

AGENCY: Veterans Health 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 Health Administration (VHA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 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: 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. Refer to 
``OMB Control No. 2900-0860.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email [email protected]. 
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0860'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.
    Title: Reimbursement of Qualifying Adoption Expenses for Certain 
Veterans, VA Form 10-10152.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0860.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The VA's authority to provide reimbursement of qualifying 
adoption expenses for certain covered Veterans is found in Section 236 
of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141 (March 23, 2018) (the 
``2018 Act'') and Section 235 of the Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law 115-
244 (September 21, 2018) (the ``2019 Act''), which renewed and extended 
in nearly identical form Section 260 of the prior authorizing ``2017 
Act,'' Public Law 114-223. VA has eliminated the section in the 
regulations that specifies an expiration date in order to accommodate 
Congressional renewal and extension of this authority under subsequent 
appropriations law.
    Veterans with a service-connected disability that results in their 
inability to procreate without the use of fertility treatments are 
authorized to receive reimbursement for certain adoption-related 
expenses for an adoption that is finalized after September 29, 2016 
(the date the 2017 Act was enacted). To implement this benefit, VA uses 
VA Form 10-10152, paralleling DD 2675, which requires any Veteran 
requesting reimbursement of qualifying adoption expenses to submit the 
same types of evidence as required under similar DoD policy. VA Form 
10-10152 was previously approved by OMB through the PRA clearance 
process, and VA now seeks a three-year extension of that approval of 
this information collection.
    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 87 FR 228 on November 29, 2022, page 
73396.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 480 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 6 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 80.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-02447 Filed 2-3-23; 8:45 am]
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