OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not
an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the OMB Control Number
will not appear in the active inventory. This action has no effect
on any current approvals. In the preamble of the final rule, the
agency should provide to OMB a summary of all comments received on
the proposed information collection and identify any changes made
in response to these comments. In the future, the agency should
submit proposed rule packages to OMB not later than the day on
which the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is published in the Federal
Register, as required by 5 CFR 1320.11(b).
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2025
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2025
128,447
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128,447
64,224
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64,224
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The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) through its Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) administers
an integrated program of benefits and services, established by law,
for Veterans, service personnel, and their dependents and/or
beneficiaries. Under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 2302, 2303, 2304,
2307, and 2308, the VA will pay burial benefits upon the death of a
Veteran to certain eligible claimants. Regulatory authority is
found in 38 C.F.R. 3.1700 through 3.1712. VA Form 21P-530EZ is used
to gather the necessary information to determine eligibility for VA
burial benefits including the burial allowance, plot or interment
allowance, and transportation reimbursement.
US Code:
38
USC 2303 Name of Law: Death in Department facility; plot
allowance
US Code: 38
USC 2304 Name of Law: Claims for Reimbursement
US Code: 38
USC 2307 Name of Law: Death from service-connected
disability
US Code: 38
USC 2308 Name of Law: Transportation of deceased Veteran to a
national cemetery
US Code: 38
USC 2302 Name of Law: Funeral expenses
AR69(F) - The Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its adjudication regulations
pertaining to burial benefits to conform to statutory changes
enacted by the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans
Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 and the Burial
Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2022. The conforming regulatory changes
implement an expansion of the transportation benefit and provision
of a single payment rate for non-service-connected burial
allowances regardless of the location of a qualifying Veteran’s
death and coincide with the effective date for the statutory
amendments (January 5, 2023). The conforming regulatory changes
also implement the extension of the VA plot or interment allowance
to Tribal organizations for interment of eligible Veterans on trust
land owned by, or held in trust for, the Tribal organization and
coincide with the effective date for the statutory amendments
(March 15, 2022). VA also provides additional clarifying changes to
its burial benefits regulations.
$6,043,885
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Maribel Aponte 202 266-4688
maribel.aponte@va.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.