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CFR 21.4260. In order for a review and
decision to be made, the VA needs
supporting information from a foreign
educational institution. The Application
for Approval of a Program in a Foreign
Country, VA Form 22–0976 OMB ICR
#2900–0853 is being submitted as a
‘‘Revision’’. We are changing the
formatting of the form, as well as
changing most of the existing questions
to be written in the form of a statement.
There is no change to the current
burden as a result of making these
revisions.
Currently, the VA Form 22–0976
questions are written to solicit YES/NO
responses regarding compliance to the
current and new provisions established
for foreign institutions. We believe the
questions should be instead written and
displayed in the form of a statement to
indicate the VA requirements necessary
for the achievement of compliance for
foreign institutions.
Public Law 116–135, Johnny Isakson
and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health
Care and Benefits Improvement Act of
2020 amended a number of VA benefits
that requires the revision of VA Form
22–0976 to comply with these changes.
The VA Form 22–0976 is the official
application that all foreign institutions
outside of the United States must use to
formally request foreign program
approval for GI Bill benefits from VA.
The current form is inadequate to
comply with both the current and new
changes in the law. Therefore, the
purpose of revising VA Form 22–0976 is
to support the provisions of Public Law
116–135, and the Veterans Benefits and
Transition Act of 2018, Public Law 115–
407 necessary in order for foreign
institutions to acknowledge and
adhered to the requirement of Section
104 of this law. The provisions of this
law require foreign institutions to allow
eligible individuals to stay enrolled in
courses of education pending the receipt
of educational assistance from
Department of Veterans Affairs. The
institution’s policy must ensure that
they will not impose any penalty,
including the assessment of late fees,
the denial of access to classes, libraries,
or other institutional facilities, or make
it a requirement that a covered
individual borrow additional funds
because of the individual’s inability to
meet his or her financial obligations to
the institution due to the delayed
disbursement funding from VA under
chapter 31 or 33.
The purpose of revising this form also
supports the provisions of Isakson and
ROE, Public Law 116–315, Sections
1019 and 1020. Section 1019 requires
schools and training programs to be
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Liability), instead of the student, for
payments which are directly paid to an
educational institution pursuant to the
Post-9/11 GI Bill, (i.e., payments paid to
an educational institution pursuant to
the Yellow Ribbon GI Education
Enhancement program and the Advance
payments of the initial educational
assistance to an institution.). Section
1020 limits the type of Advertising,
Sales, and Marketing that schools can
conduct and remain eligible for GI Bill
funds. This section would also create a
tiered penalty system against
institutions that do not comply with the
law and set up a mechanism for
institutions to work with the SAAs and
VA on coming back into compliance,
and for institutions to not engage in
advertising and/or enrollment practices
of any type, which are erroneous,
deceptive, or misleading either by actual
statement, omission, or intimidation.
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
85 on May 3, 2022, pages 26264 and
26265.
Affected Public: Education
Institutions.
Estimated Annual Burden: 338 hours.
Estimated Average Burden Time per
Respondent: 20 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1014.
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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EUL of Buildings 34 and 35 on
approximately 4.7 acres of underutilized
land on the campus of the Carl Vinson
VAMC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C.
Brett Simms, Executive Director, Office
of Asset Enterprise Management, Office
of Management, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202–632–
7092. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 38 U.S.C. 8161–8169, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs is authorized to enter
into an EUL for the provision of
supportive housing for a term of up to
75 years, if the lease is not inconsistent
with and will not adversely affect the
mission of VA. Consistent with this
authority, the Secretary intends to enter
into an EUL for the purpose of
outleasing Buildings 34 and 35 on
approximately 4.7 acres of underutilized
land on the campus of the Carl Vinson
VAMC, to develop approximately 50
units of permanent supportive housing
for Veterans and their families. The
competitively selected EUL lessee/
developer, Dublin Veterans Residences
Limited Partnership, will finance,
design, develop, rehabilitate, construct,
manage, maintain and operate housing
for eligible homeless Veterans or
Veterans at risk of homelessness on a
priority placement basis. Additionally,
the lessee/developer will be required to
provide supportive services that guide
Veteran residents towards long-term
independence and self-sufficiency.
Signing Authority: Denis McDonough,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved
this document on June 23, 2022, 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.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy
& Management, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Real Property for the Development of
Permanent Supportive Housing at the
Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (VAMC)
Campus in Dublin, Georgia
U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an
EUL.
AGENCY:

The purpose of this Federal
Register notice is to provide the public
with notice that the Secretary of
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
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Agency Information Collection
Activity: Application for Disability
Compensation and Related
Compensation Benefits
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 each proposed
revision of a currently 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 September 6,
2022.
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. 2900–0747’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
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. 2900–0747’’
in any correspondence.

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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
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: Public Law 110–389
Section 221, 38 U.S.C. 5101.
Title: Application for Disability
Compensation and Related
Compensation Benefits (VA Form 21–
526EZ).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0747.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21–526EZ is used
to collect the information needed to
process a fully developed claim for
disability compensation and/or related
compensation benefits. Though the law
requires the claimant submit a

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certification in writing that states no
additional information or evidence is
available or needs to be submitted in
order for the claim to be adjudicated via
the fully developed claim program, the
form has evolved into a standard claim
form to be used for any benefit
associated with disability
compensation; to include new or initial
claims, reopened claims, and claims for
increase. Without this information,
determination of entitlement would not
be possible.
No changes have been made to this
form at this time. However, the
respondent burden for VA Form 21–
526EZ has increased due to: the number
of receivables averaged over the past
year, general program changes—such as
regulatory changes, and the continuing
improvement of VA’s electronic claims
processing systems.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 587,815.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 17.5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,015,367.
By direction of the Secretary:
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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