79564 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 238 / Thursday, December 10, 2020 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Definition: 

Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3102(3) and (4): A 

person means any individual, branch, 

partnership, associated group, 

association, estate, trust, corporation, or 

other organization (whether or not 

organized under the laws of any State), 

and any government (including a 

foreign government, the United States 

Government, a State or local 

government, and any agency, 

corporation, financial institution, or 

other entity or instrumentality thereof, 

including a government-sponsored 

agency); and a United States person 

means any person resident in the United 

States or subject to the jurisdiction of 

the United States. 

Who Must Report: The reporting panel 

is based upon the data submitted for the 

2016 Benchmark survey and the June 

2020 TIC report ‘‘Aggregate Holdings of 

Long-Term Securities by U.S. and 

Foreign Residents’’ (TIC SLT). Entities 

required to report will be contacted 

individually by the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York. Entities not 

contacted by the Federal Reserve Bank 

of New York have no reporting 

responsibilities. 

What To Report: This report will 

collect information on holdings by U.S. 

residents of foreign securities, including 

equities, long-term debt securities, and 

short-term debt securities (including 

selected money market instruments). 

How To Report: Copies of the survey 

forms and instructions, which contain 

complete information on reporting 

procedures and definitions, may be 

obtained at the website address given 

above in the Summary. Completed 

reports can be submitted electronically 

via email at SHC.help@ny.frb.org. 

Inquiries can be made to the survey staff 

of the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York at (212) 720–6300 or email: 

SHC.help@ny.frb.org. Inquiries can also 

be made to Dwight Wolkow at (202) 

622–1276, email: comments2TIC@

do.treas.gov. 

When To Report: Data must be 

submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank 

of New York, acting as fiscal agent for 

the Department of the Treasury, by 

March 5, 2021. 

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: This 

data collection has been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned 

control number 1505–0146. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a valid control number 

assigned by OMB. The estimated 

average annual burden associated with 

this collection of information is 49 

hours per respondent for end-investors 

and custodians that file Schedule 3 

reports covering their foreign securities 

entrusted to U.S. resident custodians, 

146 hours per respondent for large endinvestors filing Schedule 2 reports, and 

546 hours per respondent for large 

custodians of securities filing Schedule 

2 reports. Comments concerning the 

accuracy of this burden estimate and 

suggestions for reducing this burden 

should be directed to the Department of 

the Treasury, Attention: Administrator, 

International Portfolio Investment Data 

Reporting Systems, Room 1050, 

Washington, DC 20220, and to OMB, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Treasury, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Washington, DC 20503. In light of the 

current pandemic, please also email 

comments to Dwight Wolkow at: 

comments2TIC@do.treas.gov. 

Heidi Cohen, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Cost of Living Adjustments for 

Service-Connected Benefits 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans’ 

Compensation Cost-of-Living 

Adjustment Act of 2020, the Department 

of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hereby giving 

notice of adjustments in certain benefit 

rates. These adjustments affect the 

compensation program. 

DATES: These adjustments became 

effective on December 1, 2020, the date 

provided by Public Law 116–178. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Pierce, Policy and Procedures 

Staff, Compensation Service, Veterans 

Benefits Administration, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202–461– 

9700. (This is not a toll-free telephone 

number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 

of Public Law 116–178 provides for an 

increase in each of the rates in sections 

1114, 1115(1), and 1162 of title 38, 

United States Code. VA is required to 

increase these benefit rates by the same 

percentage as increases in the benefit 

amounts payable under title II of the 

Social Security Act. The increased rates 

are required to be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The Social Security Administration 

has announced that there will be a 1.3 

percent cost-of-living increase in Social 

Security benefits for 2021. Therefore, 

applying the same percentage, the 

following rates for VA’s compensation 

program became effective on December 

1, 2020: 

Disability evaluation percent Monthly rate 

Disability Compensation 

[38 U.S.C. 1114] 

10 ........................................... $144.14. 

20 ........................................... 284.93. 

30 ........................................... 441.35. 

40 ........................................... 635.77. 

50 ........................................... 905.04. 

60 ........................................... 1,146.39. 

70 ........................................... 1,444.71. 

80 ........................................... 1,679.35. 

90 ........................................... 1,887.18. 

100 ......................................... 3,146.42. 

(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through 

(t)): 

38 U.S.C. 1114(k) .............. 111.74. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(l) ............... 3,915.14. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(m) ............. 4,320.76. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(n) .............. 4,915.17. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(o) .............. 5,493.95. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(p) .............. 5,493.95. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(r) .............. 2,356.48; 3,510.69. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(s) .............. 3,521.85. 

38 U.S.C. 1114(t) ............... 3,510.69. 

Additional Compensation for Dependents 

[38 U.S.C. 1115(1)] 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1): 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(A) ......... 175.43. 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B) ......... 303.90; 87.17. 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C) ......... 117.32; 87.17. 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D) ......... 140.79. 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E) ......... 336.32. 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F) ......... 281.57. 

Clothing Allowance 

[38 U.S.C. 1162] 

$841.36 per year. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Brooks D. Tucker, Assistant Secretary 

for Congressional and Legislative 

Affairs, Performing the Delegable Duties 

of the Chief of Staff, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on December 3, 2020, for 

publication. 

Luvenia Potts, 

Regulation Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of the Secretary, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

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