[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67900-67901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25757]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: DoD, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 
and Readiness) announces the following proposed reinstatement of a 
public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on

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respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), ODUSD (PI)/Defense 
Human Resources Activity, ATTN: Ms. Heidi Boyd, 4040 Fairfax Boulevard, 
Suite 200, Arlington VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the above address or 
call (703) 696-0404.
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Control Number: Application for 
Uniformed Services Identification Card--DEERS Enrollment, DD Form 1172, 
OMB Number 0704-0020.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is needed 
to obtain the necessary information to authorize members of the 
Uniformed Services, their spouses and dependents, and other authorized 
individuals certain benefits and privileges. These privileges include 
health care, use of commissary, base exchange, and morale, welfare, and 
recreation facilities. This information collection is needed to obtain 
the necessary data to determine eligibility, to provide eligible 
individuals with an identification card for benefits and privileges 
administered by the Uniformed Services, and maintain a centralized 
database of eligible individuals.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 281,092.
    Number of Respondents: 1,623,246.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    This information collection identifies those individuals eligible 
for the benefits and privileges authorized in sections 1061-1065, 1072-
1074c, 1076a, 1077, 1174a, 1175 and 1408 of title 10 and issuance of 
the appropriate Uniformed Services Identification Cards.
    The Uniformed Services Identification Card is the key to authorized 
usage of military health care, commissary, exchange privileges, and 
morale, welfare, and recreation facilities. In order to obtain this 
identification card, an applicant is required to go to an 
identification card issuing facility and update the DD Form 1172, 
``Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card--DEERS 
Enrollment.'' The sponsor, or person authorized to sign the DD Form 
1172 in accordance with the criteria established in DoD Instruction 
1000.13, provides appropriate dependent information and verification, 
i.e., birth certificate, marriage license, etc. The information is 
entered into an automated system by the identification card issuing 
official and reviewed by the applicant. Once the applicant has reviewed 
the information, the sponsor, or person authorized to sign the form, 
will sign the system-printed DD Form 1172. The DD Form 1172 must be 
signed by both the sponsor (or person authorized to sign the form) and 
the verifying official. The person authorized to sign the form must 
sign it in the presence of the verifying official. On those rare 
occasions where the sponsor (or person authorized to sign the form) is 
unable to accompany his/her dependent to the identification card 
issuing facility, the signature must be notarized in accordance with 
the criteria set forth in DoD Instruction 1000.13 prior to verification 
by the verifying official. This does not happen very often and does not 
create a significant increase in burden to the public. Once the DD Form 
1172 has been properly signed, the form is taken to the identification 
card issuing facility for issuance of the ID card. The date is 
transmitted to the Defense Manpower Data Center to be entered into the 
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) database. The 
application is required to update the information once every four years 
or as changes occur, i.e., Reservist entering active duty or being 
released from activity duty, etc.
    Respondent will be: Active duty, reserve, and retired personnel of 
the Uniformed Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast 
Guard, U.S. Public Health Service, and NOAA), and their dependents; 
surviving dependents of deceased active duty, eligible former spouses, 
and any eligible individual who may be eligible for benefits associated 
with the issuance of an identification card.

    Dated: November 12, 2004.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-25757 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]
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