Public Law 108-422 authorized
expenditure of funds to assist State Veterans Homes in hiring and
retention of nurses and reduction of nursing shortages at State
homes. The law requires payment may be made to the state for a
fiscal year subject to submission of an application. Therefore to
assure funding requests conform to the limitations of the law and
is consistent with regulatory requirement, VHA designed VA Form
10-0430 for this purpose.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.