[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68031-68032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18846]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0697]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Application for Approval of a Licensing or Certification Test and 
Organization or Entity

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: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
by clicking on the following link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 
select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'', then 
search the list for the information collection by Title or ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0697.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202-461-8900, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Approval of a Licensing or Certification 
Test and Organization or Entity. No Form.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0697, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: SAAs and VA will use the information to decide whether 
the licensing and certification tests, and the organizations offering 
them, should be approved for use under the education programs VA 
administers. VA did not develop an official form for this information 
collection since section

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3689 of title 38, United States Code permitted VA to delegate the 
approval functions to the State Approving Agencies; and from the 
inception of this information collection, VA has given the State 
Approving Agencies the authority to approve licensing and certification 
tests and organizations. Consequently, the State Approving Agencies 
have developed their own forms to gather information they will need per 
their respective state laws to decide whether the licensing and 
certification tests and the organizations offering them should be 
approved. In the case of an organization seeking approval directly from 
VA, any information VA receives concerning the request for approval is 
forwarded directly to the appropriate State Approving Agency. Since 
SAAs have approval authority, education institutions and licensing and 
certification organizations supply information to the SAAs for approval 
in a manner specified by the SAA.
    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 89 FR 51391, June 17, 2024.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,453 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Time per Respondent: 3 hours or 180 
minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Once Occasionally.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,151.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-18846 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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