[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71928-71929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23000]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0215]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Request 
for Information To Make Direct Payment to Child Reaching Majority

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 (VBA), 
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. 2900-0215.

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. 2900-0215'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: Title 38 U.S.C. 1310, 1313, 1542, and 101(4).
    Title: Request for Information to Make Direct Payment to Child 
Reaching Majority (VA Form Letter 21P-863)
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0215.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its 
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA),

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administers an integrated program of benefits and services established 
by law for veterans, service personnel, and their dependents and/or 
beneficiaries.
    Title 38 U.S.C. 1310, 1313, 1542, and 101(4) provide for payment of 
death pension or dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to an 
eligible veteran's child when there is not an eligible surviving spouse 
and the child is between the ages of 18 and 23 and attending school. 
Until the child reaches the age of majority, payment is made to a 
custodian or fiduciary on behalf of the child. An unmarried schoolchild 
who is not incompetent is entitled to begin receiving direct payment on 
the age of majority. Regulatory authority is found in 38 CFR 3.403, 
3.667, and 3.854.
    Form Letter 21P-863 is used to gather the necessary information to 
determine a schoolchild's continued eligibility to VA death benefits 
and eligibility to direct payment at the age of majority. If the 
collection were not conducted, VA would have no means of determining a 
child's current address, marital status, and school attendance. Without 
this information, continued entitlement to death benefits and 
eligibility for direct payment at the age of majority could not be 
determined, and proper payment would not be made.
    This is an extension only with no substantive changes and the 
respondent burden has not changed.
    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 on August 10, 2023, pages 54401 and 
54402.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.

    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. 2023-23000 Filed 10-17-23; 8:45 am]
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