[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 9573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03029]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0859]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Request 
for Restoration of Educational Assistance

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit 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 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. 2900-0859.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266-4688 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#305d51425952555c1e51405f5e44557046511e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="422f23302b20272e6c23322d2c36270234236c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>. 
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0859'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: Public Law 115-48.
    Title: Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0859.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 22-0989 will allow students to apply for 
restoration of entitlement for VA education benefits used at a school 
that closed, suspended, or had its approval to receive VA benefits 
withdrawn. Education Service requests approval of this information 
collection in order to carry out the implementation of the law which 
requires VA to immediately accept applications to restore education 
benefits for school closures and disapprovals beginning after January 
1, 2015.
    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 22929 on October 16, 2020, page 
65902.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 955 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Once on occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,821.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-03029 Filed 2-12-21; 8:45 am]
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