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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 3, 2024 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0034]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Trainee Request
for Leave (Chapter 31, Veteran
Readiness and Employment)
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 Benefit 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: Comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice by clicking on the following link
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
for Public Comments’’, then search the

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list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0034.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA information: Maribel Aponte, (202)
461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: VA Form 28–1905h, Trainee
Request for Leave (Chapter 31, Veteran
Readiness and Employment).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0034
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Both the Department of
Veterans Affairs staff from Veteran
Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
Division, VR&E program participant,
and trainer or authorized school official
completes the VA Form 28–1905h,
Trainee Request for Leave (Chapter 31,
Veteran Readiness and Employment).
VA Form 28–1905h serves as the only
document for requesting leave and for
providing the information necessary to
determine whether to approve the leave
request. A trainer or authorized school
official must verify on the form the
effect the absence will have on the
program participant’s progress in the
training program. The case manager
(normally a Vocational Rehabilitation
Counselor) assigned to the program
participant’s case overseeing the

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training program approves or denies the
leave request. Upon approval, the
program participant can receive
subsistence allowance and other
program services during the leave
period as if he or she were continuing
to attend training under Title 38 (CFR)
§ 21.270.
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
51596, June 18, 2024.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 9,750
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once, on
occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
39,000.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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