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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 it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0089’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danny S. Green, Enterprise Records 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 421– 

1354 or email danny.green2@va.gov . 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0089’’ in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21. 

Title: Application for DIC, Death 

Pension, and/or Accrued Benefits; 

Application for Dependency and 

Indemnity Compensation by a Surviving 

Spouse or Child; Application for 

Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation, VA Form 21P–509. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0089. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), through its Veterans 

Benefits Administration (VBA), 

administers an integrated program of 

benefits and services, established by 

law, for veterans, service personnel, and 

their dependents and/or beneficiaries. 

Title 38 U.S.C. 5101(a) provides that a 

specific claim in the form provided by 

the Secretary must be filed in order for 

benefits to be paid to any individual 

under the laws administered by the 

Secretary. VA Form 21P–509 is the 

prescribed form to gather income and 

dependency information from claimants 

who are seeking payment of benefits as, 

or for, a dependent parent. This 

information is necessary to determine 

dependency of the parent and make 

determinations which affect the 

payment of monetary benefits. VA Form 

21P–509 is used by a Veteran seeking to 

establish their parent(s) as dependent(s), 

and by a surviving parent seeking death 

compensation. Without this 

information, determination of 

entitlement would not be possible. 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 at 85 FR 213 

on November 3, 2020, page 69696. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 30 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,000. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Danny S. Green, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, 

Performance and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00373 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board, 

Amended Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

App.2, that a meeting of the Joint 

Biomedical Laboratory Research and 

Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board (JBL/CS 

SMRB) will be held Wednesday, January 

6, 2021, via WebEx. The meeting will 

begin at 3:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern daylight time. The meeting will 

have an open session from 3:00 p.m. 

until 3:30 p.m. and a closed session 

from 3:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. 

The purpose of the open session is to 

meet with the JBL/CS Service Directors 

to discuss the overall policies and 

process for scientific review, as well as 

disseminate information among the 

Board members regarding the VA 

research priorities. 

The purpose of the closed session is 

to provide recommendations on the 

scientific quality, budget, safety and 

mission relevance of investigatorinitiated research applications 

submitted for VA merit review 

evaluation. Applications submitted for 

review include various medical 

specialties within the general areas of 

biomedical, behavioral and clinical 

science research. The JBL/CS SMRB 

meeting will be closed to the public for 

the review, discussion, and evaluation 

of initial and renewal research 

applications, which involve reference to 

staff and consultant critiques of research 

applications. Discussions will deal with 

scientific merit of each application and 

qualifications of personnel conducting 

the studies, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Additionally, premature disclosure of 

research information could significantly 

obstruct implementation of proposed 

agency action regarding the research 

applications. As provided by subsection 

10(d) of Public Law 92–463, as amended 

by Public Law 94–409, closing the 

subcommittee meetings is in accordance 

with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (6) and 

(9)(B). 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the open JBL/CS SMRB meeting 

should join via WebEx at: Meeting 

number (access code) 199 877 4715, 

meeting password: 5WDkEZaG?48. 

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/ 

webappng/sites/veteransaffairs/ 

meeting/download/28f6da1fcb6a4eb9b

65f249b841ff391?siteurl=veterans

affairs&MTID=md9552f12d41ecc3645

d2e9a6258fdd61. Those who would like 

to obtain a copy of the minutes from the 

closed subcommittee meetings and 

rosters of the subcommittee members 

should contact Pauline Cilladi-Rehrer, 

MSBA, Designated Federal Officer, 

(14RD), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20420, at 202–443–5607 or at 

Pauline.Cilladi-Rehrer@va.gov. 

Dated: January 6, 2021. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00335 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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