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contribution to the Post-Vietnam 

Veterans Education Program. 

Contribution made into the PostVietnam Veterans Education Program 

may be refunded only after the 

participant has disenrolled from the 

program. Request for refund of 

contribution prior to discharge or 

release from active duty will be 

refunded on the date of the participant’s 

discharge or release from active duty or 

within 60 days of receipt of notice by 

the Secretary of the participant’s 

discharge or disenrollment. Refunds 

may be made earlier in instances of 

hardship or other good reason. 

Participants who stops enrollment from 

the program after discharge or release 

from active duty, the contributions will 

be refunded within 60 days of receipt of 

the participant’s application. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 8,333 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50,000.

Dated: November 1, 2004.

By direction of the Secretary.

Loise Russell, 

Director, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. 04–25153 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0038] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice solicits comments on information 

needed to determine a child’s pension 

eligibility and benefit rates.

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before January 11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M35), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420 or e-mail 

irmnkess@vba.va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0038’’ in any 

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 273–7079 or 

FAX (202) 275–5947.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521), Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Information from Remarried 

Widow/er, VA Form 21–4103. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0038. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: When a surviving spouse 

receiving death pension remarries, his/

her entitlement to death pension is 

permanently lost. Death pension may be 

payable to eligible children of deceased 

veterans who served during a wartime 

period when there is not an eligible 

surviving spouse. VA Form 21–4103 is 

used to determine if a child meet the 

requirements for death pension upon 

remarriage of the surviving spouse. The 

income and net worth of the child or 

children, remarried widow/er and his/

her spouse must be within the limits 

imposed by law. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 334 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One-time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,000.

Dated: November 1, 2004.

By direction of the Secretary. 

Loise Russell, 

Director, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. 04–25154 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0179] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice solicits comments on information 

needed to establish eligibility to change 

insurance plans.

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before January 11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M35), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420 or e-mail: 

irmnkess@vba.va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0179’’ in any 

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 273–7079 or 

FAX (202) 275–5947.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521), Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites