Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 16, 2021 / Notices 9573 

Abstract: Restored Entitlement 

Program for Survivors (REPS) is a 

benefit payable to certain surviving 

spouses and dependent children of 

deceased Veterans who died in service 

prior to August 13, 1981 or died as a 

result of a service-connected disability 

incurred or aggravated prior to August 

13, 1981. Survivors of the deceased 

Veteran complete VA Form 21P–8924 to 

apply for REPS benefits; without the 

information provided on the form, 

determination of eligibility would not 

be possible. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 600 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,800. 

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. 2021–03051 Filed 2–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 maribel.aponte@va.gov. 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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