30-Day FRN (VAF21-0788)

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 96 / Thursday, May 20, 2021 / Notices
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5101(a)(1).
Title: Authorization and Consent to
Release Information to the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) (VA Form 21–
4142), and General Release for Medical
Provider Information to the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) (VA Form 21–
4142a).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0858.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21–4142 is used to
authorize the disclosure of information
to the VA and VA Form 21–4142a is
used to gather the necessary information
to request medical provider information
to the VA. Without the information
solicited by these forms, VA would be
unable to determine eligibility, and
benefits would not be properly paid.
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 86 FR
50 on March 17, 2021, page 14687.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 10,616.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
127,397.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS

Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice of intent.

We are giving notice that the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs intends to
reestablish the National Research
Advisory Council for a 2-year period.
The Secretary has determined that the
Committee is necessary and in the
public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Moragne, Committee
Management Office, Department of
Veterans Affairs, Advisory Committee
Management Office (00AC), 810
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420; telephone (202) 266–4660; or
email at Jeffrey.Moragne@va.gov.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0666]

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

AGENCY:

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AGENCY:

National Research Advisory Council;
Reestablishment

SUMMARY:

Dated: May 17, 2021.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Information
Regarding Apportionment of
Beneficiary’s Award

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ACTION:

Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
notice is hereby given that the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs intends to reestablish
the National Research Advisory Council
for 2 years from the filing date of the
charter’s reestablishment. The
Committee advises the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs and the Under
Secretary for Health (USH) and makes
recommendations on the nature and
scope of research and development
sponsored and/or conducted by the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
to include: (1) The policies and projects
of the Office of Research and
Development (ORD); (2) the focus of
research on the high priority health care
needs of Veterans; (3) the balance of
basic, applied, and outcomes research;
(4) the scientific merit review process;
(5) the appropriate mechanisms by
which ORD can leverage its resources to
enhance the research financial base; (6)
the rapid response to changing health
care needs, while maintaining the
stability of the research infrastructure;
and (7) the protection of human subjects
of research.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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
SUMMARY:

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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. 2900–0666.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0666’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5307.
Title: Information Regarding
Apportionment of Beneficiary’s Award
(VA Form 21–0788).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0666.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21–0788 is used to
collect the information that is necessary
to determine whether an apportionment
may be authorized and the reasonable
amount that may be awarded. Without
this collection of information, VA
would be unable to properly authorize
apportionments of compensation and
pension benefits.
No substantive changes have been
made to this form. The respondent
burden has decreased due to the
estimated number of receivables
averaged over the past two years.
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 86 FR
50 on March 17, 2021, pages 14686 and
14687.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,606.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,211.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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