[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67453-67454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21395]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0059]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Statement of Person Claiming to Have Stood in Relation of Parent (VA 
Form 21P-524)

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, 
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: 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. 2900-0059.

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. 2900-0059'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1310 & 1315.
    Title: Statement of Person Claiming to Have Stood in Relation to 
Parent (VA Form 21P-524).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0059.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: 38 U.S.C 1315 established Dependency Indemnity 
Compensation to Parents (known as Parents' DIC). Parent's DIC is a 
monthly benefit payable to the parent(s) of a deceased Veteran. The 
payable monthly benefit is based on the parent's (parents') annual 
income. Additional funds are payable to the parent(s) if they are in a 
patient in a nursing home, blind, so nearly blind or significantly 
disabled as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of 
another person.
    38 CFR 3.59 defines the term parent as `` . . . a natural mother or 
father (including the mother of an illegitimate child or the father of 
an illegitimate child if the usual family relationship existed), mother 
or father through adoption, or a person who for a period of not less 
than 1 year stood in the relationship of a parent to a Veteran at any 
time before his or her entry into active service.''
    The information collected will be used by VBA to evaluate a 
claimant's parental relationship to a deceased Veteran when the 
claimant is not the Veteran's natural mother or father or adopted 
mother or father.
    This is a revision of a currently approved collection. The burden 
has decreased due to the number of receivables over the past year with 
no substantive changes.
    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 88 FR 144 on July 28, 2023, pages 48965 
and 48966.

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    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 42.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 2 Hours (120) minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.

    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. 2023-21395 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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