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Description: Section 604 of the Social
Security Act (the ‘‘Act’’), as added by
section 9901 of the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117–2
(Mar. 11, 2021) established the
Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund
(‘‘CPF’’). The CPF provides $10 billion
in funding for the U.S. Department of
the Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’) to make
payments according to a statutory
formula to States (defined to include
each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico), seven
territories and freely associated states
(the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and the
Republic of Palau), and Tribal
governments 1 to carry out critical
capital projects directly enabling work,
education, and health monitoring,
including remote options, in response to
the public health emergency with
respect to the Coronavirus Disease
(COVID–19).
The current information collection
will be used to solicit information
related to quarterly project and
expenditure reports and annual
performance reports. Both information
collections are described generally in
the Compliance and Reporting
Guidance. The Compliance and
Reporting Guidance provides recipients
with information needed to fulfill their
reporting requirements and compliance
obligations. Treasury will also prepare
an IT portal user guide with specific
instructions on entering data into the
reporting web-based portal.
The initial Project and Expenditure
Report must be submitted by States,
territories, and freely associated states
on July 31, 2022,2 with subsequent
reports being due quarterly for the
duration of the period of performance.
The Project and Expenditure Report
contains a set of standardized questions
to ascertain the recipient’s use of funds
received as of the date of reporting, as
well as the status of individual projects.
1 An eligible Tribal government is the recognized
governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native
tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community,
component band, or component reservation,
individually identified (including parenthetically)
in the list published most recently as of the date
of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of
1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). The State of Hawaii, for
exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs
to assist Native Hawaiians, is also eligible to apply
for funding under this funding category.
2 State, territory, and freely associated state
recipients that have not received any payments by
June 15, 2022, will be exempted from the report due
on July 31, 2022.

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Treasury will make the data submitted
by recipients publicly available.
The first interim Performance Report
must be submitted by States, territories,
and freely associated states on January
31, 2023, with subsequent reports being
due annually on July 31 for the duration
of the period of performance. The
Performance Report will contain
detailed performance data
corresponding to the ‘‘Programs’’
specified previously in a recipient’s
Grant Plan. This will include
information on efforts to improve equity
and engage communities. The
Performance Report is largely freely
written text, and while there are certain
data and topics that recipients must
cover in the Performance Report, it is
mostly free-form written content.
Recipients are required to publish the
Performance Report on their website
and provide the reports to Treasury.
Treasury will make the Performance
Reports and associated data submitted
by recipients publicly available.
Forms: Compliance and Reporting
Guidance for States, Territories, and
Freely Associated States
Affected Public: State, Territorial, and
Freely Associated State Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
59.
Frequency of Response: 4 times per
year for Progress and Expenditure
reports; 1 time per year for Performance
Reports.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 295.
Estimated Time per Response: 62
hours for Project and Expenditure
Reports. 80 hours for Performance
Reports.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 19,352.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of technology; and (e) estimates of
capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of services required to provide
information.

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(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Molly Stasko,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0894]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Program of
Comprehensive Assistance for Family
Caregivers (PCAFC) Decision Appeal
Forms
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration,
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. 2900–0894.
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. 2900–0894’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Program of Comprehensive
Assistance for Family Caregivers
(PCAFC) Decision Appeal Forms, VA
Forms 10–306 and 10–307.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0894.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Caregivers and Veterans
Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
(Pub. L. 111–163) established 38 U.S.C.
1720G, which directed the Department
SUMMARY:

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of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a
Program of Comprehensive Assistance
for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) and a
Program of General Caregiver Support
Services (PGCSS). Both programs are
managed by VA’s Caregiver Support
Program (CSP) Office. On June 06, 2018,
the President signed into law the John
S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and
Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining
Internal Systems and Strengthening
Integrated Outside Networks Act of
2018 or the VA MISSION Act 2018 (Pub.
L. 115–182). The VA MISSION Act of
2018 fundamentally transformed
elements of the Department of Veterans
Affairs’ (VA) healthcare system to
include expanding the PCAFC to Family
Caregivers of eligible Veterans of all eras
in a phased approach, established new
benefits for Primary Family Caregivers
of eligible Veterans, and made other
changes affecting program eligibility
and VA’s evaluation of PCAFC
applications. The statutory authority for
PCAFC and PGCSS is codified at 38
U.S.C. 1720G. VA’s regulations
implementing PCAFC and PGCSS are in
38 CFR part 71.
Since program inception, Veterans
and caregivers who disagree with a
PCAFC decision were afforded the right
to appeal through the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) Clinical Appeals
Process. A recent Court ruling has
changed the appeal and review options
now available to individuals who have
received a PCAFC decision and disagree
with that decision. On April 19, 2021,
in the case of Jeremy Beaudette & Maya
Beaudette v. Denis McDonough,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
ruled in favor of petitioners seeking
review by the Board of Veterans’
Appeals (BVA or Board) of decisions
under the PCAFC. The Court also
certified, as a class, claimants who
received an adverse benefits decision
under PCAFC, exhausted the
administrative review process within
VHA (the VHA Clinical Appeals
Process), and have not been afforded the
right to appeal to the Board. As a result
of the Court’s ruling, BVA review is now
available to individuals who have
received a decision under the PCAFC
since the program began in May 2011.
Consequently, VA has expanded options
available to Veterans and caregivers
who seek review of or to appeal a
PCAFC decision.
The options now include a separate
appeals process (legacy) that must be
used to appeal to the Board regarding
PCAFC decisions issued before February
19, 2019. This legacy process is
implemented through use of VA Forms
10–306 and 10–307.

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VA Form 10–306, Request for
Information—Because individuals now
have additional options for appealing
and seeking review of previous PCAFC
decisions, dating back to May 2011, this
form allows Veterans and caregivers to
request information about past PCAFC
decisions to determine whether they
wish to pursue an appeal to the Board
or request review.
VA Form 10–307, Notice of
Disagreement—This form was
developed because VA Form 21–0958,
which previously was used to initiate an
appeal to the Board of benefits decisions
dated before February 19, 2019, is no
longer an approved information
collection. VA Form 10–307, Notice of
Disagreement, is now used for legacy
appeals of PCAFC decisions and is
specific to individuals who wish to
appeal a PCAFC decision that was
issued prior to February 19, 2019.
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: 87 FR
42 on March 3, 2022, pages 12223 and
12224.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 88,270
total hours.
a. 10–306—45,500 hours.
b. 10–307—42,770 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 45 total minutes.
a. 10–306—15 minutes.
b. 10–307—30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
267,540 total.
a. 10–306—182,000.
b. 10–307—85,540.
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
[OMB Control No. 2900–0682]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Advertising,
Sales, Enrollment Materials, and
Candidate Handbooks
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.

SUMMARY:

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. 2900–0682.
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. 2900–0682’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 CFR 21.4252(h).
Title: Advertising, Sales, Enrollment
Materials, and Candidate Handbooks.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0682.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The statute prohibits
approval of the enrollment of a Veteran
in a course if the educational institution
uses advertising, sales, or enrollment
practices that are erroneous, deceptive,
or misleading either by actual statement,
omission, or intimation. The
advertising, sales and enrollment
materials are reviewed to determine if
the institution is in compliance with
guidelines for approval.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
DATES:

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