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###### Department of Veterans Affairs

          - [OMB Control No. 2900-0180] 

# AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

# ACTION:

Notice. 

# SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted 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 includes the actual data collection instrument. 

# DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before November 22, 2004. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Denise McLamb, Records Management Service (005E3), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., or e-mail                         *denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov.*                         Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0180.” Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0180” in any correspondence.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

*Title:*                     Compliance Report of Proprietary Institutions, VA Form 20-4274.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     2900-0180.                 

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Abstract:*                     VA Form 20-4274 is used to determine whether proprietary educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance comply with applicable civil rights statute and regulations. The data is used to identify areas that may indicate, statistically, disparate treatment of minority group members.                 

                    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 on July 16, 2004, at page 42810.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Business or other for-profit, Federal Government.                 

*Estimated Annual Burden:*                     155 hours.                 

*Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:*                     75 minutes.                 

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion.                 

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     124.                 

Dated: October 12, 2004.

By direction of the Secretary: 

Loise Russell,

Director,  Records Management Service. 

[FR Doc. 04-23491 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] 

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