State or Tribal Organization
Application for Interment Allowance (Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 23)
(VA Form 21P-530a)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/26/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2025
33,594
33,544
2,800
2,795
0
0
VA Form 21P-530a is used to gather the
information required to determine whether a State or Tribal
Organization is eligible for interment allowances for eligible
Veterans who have been buried in a State Veterans’ cemetery or
Tribal Trust land. Without this information, VBA would be unable to
properly determine eligibility and pay benefits due to a State or
Tribal Organization.
US Code:
38
USC 2302 Name of Law: Funeral expenses
US Code: 38
USC 2303 Name of Law: Death in Department facility; plot
allowance
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.
$277,795
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
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;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.