30-day FRN - 2900-0798 - Veteran-Beneficiary Claim for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses - VA Form 10-3542 and BTSSS - pub 09182024

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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / Notices
State’s apportionment of funds under 23
U.S.C. 104(b)(1) shall be reduced in an
amount up to 8 percent of the amount
to be apportioned during any fiscal year
beginning after September 30, 1984, if
vehicles subject to the Federal heavy
vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in
the State without having presented
proof of payment of the tax. The annual
certification by the State Governor or
designated official regarding the
collection of the heavy vehicle use tax
serves as the FHWA’s primary means of
determining State compliance. The
FHWA has determined that an annual
certification of compliance by each State
is the least obtrusive means of
administering the provisions of the
legislative mandate. In addition, States
are required to retain for 1 year a
Schedule 1, IRS Form 2290, Heavy
Vehicle Use Tax Return (or other
suitable alternative provided by
regulation). The FHWA conducts
compliance reviews at least once every
3 years to determine if the annual
certification is adequate to ensure
effective administration of 23 U.S.C.
141(c).
Respondents: 50 State Transportation
Departments, and the District of
Columbia for a total of 51 respondents.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: The average burden to submit
the certification and to retain required
records is 12 hours per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 918 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: September 13, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0798]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Veteran/
Beneficiary Claim for Reimbursement
of Travel Expenses
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 (VA),
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:

Comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
October 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the
following link into your browser:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
for Public Comments,’’ then search the
list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0798.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA Information: Maribel Aponte, 202–
462–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
DATES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Veteran/Beneficiary Claim for
Reimbursement of Travel Expenses (VA
Form 10–3542 and BTSSS).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0798.
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with
change, of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 111
and 38 CFR part 70, subpart A, the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Beneficiary Travel (BT) Program
provides payments for authorized travel
expenses to help Veterans and other
beneficiaries obtain care or services
from VHA or VA-authorized providers
in the community. VHA must
administer payments according to
statutory mandates, including the
Payment Integrity Information Act of

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2019 (PIIA) (Pub. L. 116–117). In
compliance with the PIIA and other
program requirements, VHA must gather
certain information to determine
whether BT eligibility and other criteria
for approval have been met, and the
amount of payment or reimbursement
that is authorized under the BT
program. To improve the claimant
experience, VHA made some revisions
to the Instructions section of VA Form
10–3542 to clarify required information
for claims, such as proof of attendance
at appointments when applicable, as
well as online submission options.
Claimants may include Veterans and
other BT beneficiaries, as well as
entities or individuals who provided or
paid for travel. Claimants may apply for
BT reimbursement orally or in writing
through VA Form 10–3542 or the
Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System
(BTSSS). Based upon program data
since the last PRA clearance, VHA has
adjusted the estimated annual number
of respondents and responses and
increased the average time per claim
submission. These changes have
resulted in an increase in the estimated
annual burden hours. This standard
collection of information is necessary to
enable VHA to provide this benefit and
appropriately ensure that funds are
being paid to the correct claimant.
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 89 FR
15928, March 5, 2024.
Total Annual Burden: 1,216,667
hours.
Total Annual Responses: 7,300,000.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,216,667
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Average of 5
times per year.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,460,000.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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