60-Day FRN (2900-0215)

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 23, 2020 / Notices
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0215]

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

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1310, 1313, 1542, and
101(4).

Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including a reinstatement
of a previously approved collection, and
allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before February 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits
Administration (20M33), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to
nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0215’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 632–8924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, VBA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VBA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the

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Title: Request for Information to Make
Direct Payment to Child Reaching
Majority (Form Letter 21–863).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0215.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: Form Letter 21–863 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. No change in burden and no
changes were made to the form.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
By direction of the Secretary:
Danny S. Green,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality,
Performance and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Debt Management Center,
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 522a(e)(4)) requires that all
agencies publish in the Federal Register
a notice of the existence and character
of their systems of records. Notice is
hereby given that the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is creating a new
system of records entitled ‘‘PayVA
(QCR) Debt Management Center System
of Records Notice’’ (194VA189).
DATES: Comments on this modified
system of records must be received no
later than 30 days after date of
publication in the Federal Register. If
no public comment is received during
the period allowed for comment or
unless otherwise published in the
Federal Register by VA, the new system
of records will become effective a
minimum of 30 days after date of
publication in the Federal Register. If

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VA receives public comments, VA shall
review the comments to determine
whether any changes to the notice are
necessary.
Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to Director, Regulation Policy
and Management (00REG), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.
NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC
20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (not
a toll-free number). Comments should
indicate that they are submitted in
response to ‘‘PayVA (QCR) Debt
Management Center’’. Copies of
comments received will be available for
public inspection in the Office of
Regulation Policy and Management,
Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday (except holidays). Please call
(202) 461–4902 for an appointment.
(This is not a toll-free number.) In
addition, comments may be viewed
online at www.Regulations.gov.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief, Support Services Division, Debt
Management Center (189/00), U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, Bishop
Henry Whipple Federal Building, 1
Federal Drive, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota
55111. The internet email address for
Debt Management Center is:
SUPPORTSER.VAVBASPL@va.gov.

PayVA is
a custom-developed application (which
is a website; https://www.pay.va.gov)
that is used by the Debt Management
Center (DMC) to verify debts are active
at DMC before the Veteran makes a
payment to pay.gov. PayVA collects
basic debt information from users,
redirects them to pay.gov (Department
of Treasury) for online payments and
collects responses from pay.gov. The
production site with a secure certificate
has already been created.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for
Privacy, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the
undersigned to sign and submit the
document to the Office of the Federal
Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department
of Veterans Affairs. James P. Gfrerer,
Assistant Secretary of Information and
Technology and Chief Information
Officer, approved this document on
November 15, 2020 for publication.

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