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renew the regulations that implement 

the Recordkeeping Rule and the Travel 

Rule, along with all of the other 

regulatory requirements under 31 CFR 

1010.410, 1020.410, and 1022.420. 

The Recordkeeping Rule and Travel 

Rule collectively require banks and 

nonbank financial institutions to collect, 

retain, and transmit information on 

funds transfers and transmittals of funds 

in amounts of $3,000 or more. 

Under the Recordkeeping Rule, the 

originator’s bank or transmitter’s 

financial institution must collect and 

retain the following information: (a) 

Name and address of the originator or 

transmitter; (b) the amount of the 

payment or transmittal order; (c) the 

execution date of the payment or 

transmittal order; (d) any payment 

instructions received from the originator 

or transmitter with the payment or 

transmittal order; and (e) the identity of 

the beneficiary’s bank or recipient’s 

financial institution. In addition, the 

originator’s bank or transmitter’s 

financial institution must retain the 

following information if it receives that 

information from the originator or 

transmitter: (a) Name and address of the 

beneficiary or recipient; (b) account 

number of the beneficiary or recipient; 

and (c) any other specific identifier of 

the beneficiary or recipient. The 

originator’s bank or transmitter’s 

financial institution is required to verify 

the identity of the person placing a 

payment or transmittal order if the order 

is made in person and the person 

placing the order is not an established 

customer. Similarly, should the 

beneficiary’s bank or recipient’s 

financial institution deliver the 

proceeds to the beneficiary or recipient 

in person, the bank or nonbank financial 

institution must verify the identity of 

the beneficiary or recipient—and collect 

and retain various items of information 

identifying the beneficiary or 

recipient—if the beneficiary or recipient 

is not an established customer. Finally, 

an intermediary bank or financial 

institution—and the beneficiary’s bank 

or recipient’s financial institution— 

must retain originals or copies of 

payment or transmittal orders. 

Under the Travel Rule, the 

originator’s bank or transmitter’s 

financial institution is required to 

include information, including all 

information required under the 

Recordkeeping Rule, in a payment or 

transmittal order sent by the bank or 

nonbank financial institution to another 

bank or nonbank financial institution in 

the payment chain. An intermediary 

bank or financial institution is also 

required to transmit this information to 

other banks or nonbank financial 

institutions in the payment chain, to the 

extent the information is received by the 

intermediary bank or financial 

institution. 

Under 31 CFR 1022.420, Providers 

and sellers of prepaid access are a type 

of money services business (MSB), as 

defined in § 1010.100(ff). BSA 

regulations specific to MSBs are found 

at 31 CFR Chapter X. Providers and 

sellers of prepaid access must maintain 

access to transactional records generated 

in the ordinary course of business that 

would be needed to reconstruct prepaid 

access activation, loads, reloads, 

purchases, withdrawals, transfers, or 

other prepaid-related transactions. 

Form: Not applicable. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit institutions; and Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

28,567. 

Frequency of Response: As required. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,908,942 hours. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: February 18, 2021. 

Molly Stasko, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03731 Filed 2–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of a New System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

the Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’ or the 

‘‘Department’’) (including Treasury 

bureaus, offices, and other 

subcomponents), proposes to establish a 

new Treasury system of records titled, 

‘‘Department of the Treasury .020— 

Health Screening and Contact Tracing 

Records.’’ Treasury collects these 

records when it knows or suspects that 

a person who was infected with a 

communicable disease came in close 

physical proximity to or had physical 

contact with other persons while 

working in or visiting a Treasury facility 

(including Treasury sponsored events in 

non-Treasury facilities), and Treasury 

determines that the collection of such 

records is necessary to protect the 

health of Treasury personnel (meaning 

employees, grantees, contractors, and 

interns), and Treasury visitors (which 

includes non-Treasury federal 

employees and contractors, detailees 

from other federal agencies working at 

a Treasury facility, and members of the 

public who visit a Treasury facility). 

Treasury may collect these records in 

response to a health-related declaration 

of a national emergency by the 

President, a public health emergency 

declared by the Health and Human 

Service (HHS) Secretary or a designated 

federal official or a designated state 

official. Even in the absence of a healthrelated declaration of national 

emergency or declaration of public 

health emergency (HHS or state level), 

Treasury may collect these records if it 

determines that a significant risk of 

substantial harm exists to the health of 

Treasury personnel or visitors. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 26, 2021. The <new and/or 

significantly modified> routine uses 

will be applicable on March 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted to the Federal E-Rulemaking 

Portal electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov. Comments can 

also be sent to the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and 

Records, Department of the Treasury, 

Departmental Offices, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20220, Attention: Revisions to 

Privacy Act Systems of Records. All 

comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

documents, are part of the public 

records and subject to public disclosure. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions and privacy issues 

please contact: Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Privacy, Transparency, and 

Records (202–622–5710), Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

the Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’) proposes to 

establish a new Treasury system of 

records titled, ‘‘Department of the 

Treasury, Treasury .020—Health 

Screening and Contact Tracing 

Records.’’ 

Treasury is publishing this system of 

records to provide notice to individuals 

regarding the collection, maintenance, 

use and disclosure of health screening 

and contact tracing information 

collected from and about Treasury 

personnel (meaning employees, 

grantees, contractors, and interns), and 

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from other federal agencies, nonTreasury federal contractors, and 

members of the public) working at or 

visiting a Treasury facility or a Treasury 

sponsored event at a non-Treasury 

facility. Treasury is collecting this 

information to protect the health of 

Treasury personnel and Treasury 

visitors who seek to enter a Treasury 

facility and/or were physically present 

in a Treasury facility and came in close 

proximity to or had physical contact 

with Treasury personnel and/or visitors 

who, at the time, were infected or had 

symptoms of infection with a 

communicable disease. 

Health screening information will be 

used to reduce the risk that individuals 

with symptoms consistent with a 

communicable disease will enter a 

Treasury facility or event and infect 

Treasury personnel and/or visitors with 

a communicable disease. Contact tracing 

information will be used to identify 

other Treasury personnel and/or visitors 

who were present in a Treasury facility 

and came in close proximity to or had 

physical contact with Treasury 

personnel and/or visitors who, at the 

time, were infected or had symptoms of 

infection with a communicable disease. 

Treasury may collect these records in 

response to a health-related declaration 

of a national emergency by the 

President, a public health emergency 

declared by the Health and Human 

Service (HHS) Secretary or a designated 

federal official or a designated state 

official. Even in the absence of a healthrelated declaration of national 

emergency or declaration of public 

health emergency (HHS or state level), 

Treasury may collect these records if it 

determines that a significant risk of 

substantial harm exists to the health of 

Treasury personnel or visitors. 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Act (OSHA) of 1970, Public Law 91– 

596, 29 U.S.C. 668, Section 19(a) 

requires the head of each Federal agency 

to establish and maintain an effective 

and comprehensive occupational safety 

and health program and safe and 

healthful places and conditions of 

employment, and to keep adequate 

records of all occupational accidents 

and illnesses for proper evaluation and 

necessary corrective action. OSHA also 

requires that Federal agencies maintain 

an injury and illness prevention 

program, which is a proactive process 

designed to reduce injuries, illnesses, 

and fatalities. 

The Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) may, 

under section 319 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 

247d), declare that: (a) A disease or 

disorder presents a public health 

emergency; or (b) that a public health 

emergency, including significant 

outbreaks of infectious disease or 

bioterrorist attacks, otherwise exists. 

Most state governors also have the 

authority to declare public health 

emergencies by executive order or other 

declaration. State declared public health 

emergencies could also involve a 

significant risk of substantial harm to 

Treasury personnel or visitors. 

Treasury is not seeking exemption 

from any Privacy Act provisions for this 

system of records. 

The proposed system of records will 

have an effect on individual privacy 

because medical information is required 

to conduct health screening, to identify 

persons who have or may have been 

exposed to or infected with a 

communicable disease (e.g., to reduce 

risk by allowing them to work from 

home or use leave, as needed), and to 

identify other persons with whom an 

infected person might have had contact 

in a Treasury facility (including 

Treasury bureau, office, and other 

subcomponent facilities) or another 

facility hosting a Treasury-sponsored 

event. In order to reduce the risk to 

individual privacy, Treasury is 

minimizing the information it 

maintains. For example, if Treasury 

personnel or visitors test positive for a 

communicable disease and reveal this 

information to Treasury (or Treasury 

acquires this information from another 

source), their identity will not be 

disclosed to other persons with whom 

they came in close physical contact 

unless otherwise authorized by law. 

Treasury will include this system in 

its inventory of record systems. 

Treasury provided a report of this 

system of records to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform of 

the House of Representatives, the 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and 

OMB Circular A–108, ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, 

and Publication under the Privacy Act,’’ 

dated December 23, 2016. 

Below, is the description of Treasury 

.020—Health Screening and Contact 

Tracing Records. 

Ryan Law, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, 

Transparency, and Records. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Department of the Treasury—.020— 

Health Screening and Contact Tracing 

Records—Department of the Treasury. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The records are located at Main 

Treasury and in other Treasury bureaus, 

offices, and other subcomponents, both 

in Washington, DC and at field locations 

as follows: 

(1) Departmental Offices: 1500 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20220; 

(2) Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau: 1310 G St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20220. 

(3) Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency: Constitution Center, 400 

Seventh St. SW, Washington, DC 20024; 

(4) Fiscal Service: Liberty Center 

Building, 401 14th St. SW, Washington, 

DC 20227; 

(5) Internal Revenue Service: 1111 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20224; 

(6) United States Mint: 801 Ninth St. 

NW, Washington, DC 20220; 

(7) Bureau of Engraving and Printing: 

District of Columbia Facility, 14th and 

C Streets SW, Washington, DC 20228 

and Western Currency Facility, 9000 

Blue Mound Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76131; 

(8) Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network: Vienna, VA 22183; 

(9) Special Inspector General for the 

Troubled Asset Relief Program 

(SIGTARP): 1801 L St. NW, Washington, 

DC 20220; 

(10) Office of Inspector General: 740 

15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20220; 

and 

(11) Office of the Treasury Inspector 

General for Tax Administration: 1125 

15th St. NW, Suite 700A, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

Data are also located at contractor 

sites. A list of contractor sites where 

individually identified data are 

currently located is available upon 

request. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

(1) Departmental Offices: 1500 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20220; 

(2) Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau: 1310 G St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20220. 

(3) Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency: Constitution Center, 400 

Seventh St. SW, Washington, DC 20024; 

(4) Fiscal Service: Liberty Center 

Building, 401 14th St. SW, Washington, 

DC 20227; 

(5) Internal Revenue Service: 1111 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20224; 

(6) United States Mint: 801 Ninth St. 

NW, Washington, DC 20220; 

(7) Bureau of Engraving and Printing: 

District of Columbia Facility, 14th and 

C Streets SW, Washington, DC 20228 

and Western Currency Facility, 9000 

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(8) Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network: Vienna, VA 22183; 

(9) Special Inspector General for the 

Troubled Asset Relief Program 

(SIGTARP): 1801 L St. NW, Washington, 

DC 20220; 

(10) Office of Inspector General: 740 

15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20220; 

and 

(11) Office of the Treasury Inspector 

General for Tax Administration: 1125 

15th St. NW, Suite 700A, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Occupational Safety and Health Act 

(OSHA) of 1970, Public Law 91–596, 

Section 19(a) (29 U.S.C. 668(a)); 5 U.S.C. 

301; Section 319 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d; American 

with Disabilities Act, including 42 

U.S.C. 12112(d)(3)(B) (allowing medical 

examination after an offer of 

employment has been made to a job 

applicant), 29 CFR 602.14, 1630.2(r), 

1630.14(b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(4); Medical 

Examinations for Fitness for Duty 

Requirements, including 5 CFR part 

339; Executive Order 12196, 5 U.S.C. 

7902(d); 29 U.S.C. 668, 29 CFR part 

1904, 29 CFR 1910.1020, and 29 CFR 

1960.66. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Department of the Treasury 

(including Treasury bureaus, offices, 

and other subcomponents) collects these 

records when it knows or suspects that 

a person was infected with a 

communicable disease and came in 

close physical proximity to or had 

physical contact with other persons 

while working in or visiting a Treasury 

facility (including Treasury sponsored 

events in non-Treasury facilities), and 

Treasury (or another federal or state 

authority) determines that a significant 

risk of substantial harm exists to the 

health or safety of Treasury employees 

or visitors. These records are used to: (1) 

Comply with Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration Act 

recordkeeping requirements; (2) respond 

to a significant risk of substantial harm 

to Treasury personnel or visitors; (3) 

document reports of illness or 

communicable disease that are the 

subject of a declaration of public health 

emergency by the Health and Human 

Service (HHS) Secretary or a designated 

state official that may pose a significant 

risk of substantial harm to the health of 

Treasury personnel (meaning 

employees, grantees, and interns), and/ 

or Treasury visitors (meaning nonTreasury federal employees, detailees 

from other federal agencies, contractors, 

and members of the public); (4) perform 

contact tracing investigations of and 

notifications to Treasury personnel and 

Treasury visitors known or suspected of 

exposure to communicable diseases 

who came in close physical proximity to 

or had physical contact with other 

persons while working in or visiting a 

Treasury facility; (5) inform federal, 

state or local public health authorities 

so that these authorities may act to 

protect public health as allowed or 

required by law; and (6) take such 

actions (e.g., quarantine or isolation) as 

necessary to prevent the introduction, 

transmission, and spread of 

communicable disease by persons who 

have contracted or were exposed to such 

a disease and came in close physical 

proximity to or had physical contact 

with other persons while working in or 

visiting a Treasury facility or event. 

Treasury may collect this information 

in response to a declaration of public 

health emergency by the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). Under section 319 of 

the Public Health Service Act, the HHS 

Secretary may declare that: (a) A disease 

or disorder presents a public health 

emergency; or (b) that a public health 

emergency, including significant 

outbreaks of infectious disease or 

bioterrorist attacks, otherwise exists. 

When the HHS Secretary determines 

that a public health emergency exists, 

Treasury must respond to protect the 

health of its workforce. Treasury’s 

response will depend on the nature of 

the particular public health emergency, 

but may include collecting information 

on Treasury personnel (meaning 

employees, grantees, and interns), and 

Treasury visitors (meaning nonTreasury federal employees, detailees 

from other federal agencies, contractors, 

and members of the public). 

Treasury may also collect this 

information when it determines that the 

spread of a communicable disease 

presents a significant risk of substantial 

harm to the health of Treasury 

personnel or visitors. Treasury will 

consider any public health emergency 

declared by state or local officials in 

making such a determination. 

In other circumstances, even in the 

absence of a health related declaration 

of national emergency or declaration of 

public health emergency (HHS or state 

level), Treasury may collect this 

information where it determines that the 

spread of a communicable disease 

presents a significant risk of substantial 

harm to the health of Treasury 

personnel or visitors. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Persons who provide health screening 

information prior to being admitted to a 

Treasury facility or event; persons 

denied entry to a Treasury facility or 

event after health screening; persons 

who worked in or visited a Treasury 

facility or event while infected or 

potentially infected with a 

communicable disease; and persons 

exposed to or potentially infected with 

a communicable disease while working 

in or visiting a Treasury facility or a 

Treasury sponsored event at a nonTreasury facility. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Health screening and contact tracing 

records may include identification and 

contact information (such as name, 

address, work or personal phone 

number(s), work or personal email 

address(es), work office/division, date of 

birth, employee ID number, badge 

number, Social Security Number, 

passport number), medical reports, 

assessments, vaccination status, testing 

status (where and when it occurred; 

status of results), test type, test results, 

disease type, health status, approximate 

date of exposure, last date physically 

present in a Treasury facility/at a 

Treasury event, name of facility 

(including bureau or office or other 

unit/component) visited, areas of a 

Treasury or other facility (if a Treasury 

event at a non-Treasury facility) 

traversed, areas and objects touched, 

workplace contacts, names of persons 

who had physical contact with or was 

in prolonged close physical proximity to 

infected/potentially infected persons, 

proximity monitoring device 

identification and serial number, time 

monitoring device was first picked up 

and returned, extended proximity event 

time and date, number of events, 

number of individuals in an event, 

number of individuals at location, dates 

and locations of domestic and 

international travel, and related 

information and documents collected 

for the purpose of screening and contact 

tracing. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained through 

interviews or electronically (using 

proximity monitoring devices) from the 

individuals infected or potentially 

infected while physically present in a 

Treasury facility or at a Treasury event, 

other individuals with whom an 

infected or potentially infected 

individual had close contact, other 

federal or state agencies, physicians (as 

allowed by law or with consent from the 

individual), Treasury visitors or their 

employers, and Treasury personnel and 

visitors who maintain (manually or 

electronically) a log or report of their 

close physical contacts (and the 


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duration of that contact) while in 

Treasury facilities to individuals 

designated by Treasury. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under the Privacy 

Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), records 

and/or information or portions thereof 

maintained as part of this system may 

be disclosed outside Treasury as a 

routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(3) as follows: 

(1) To the United States Department 

of Justice (‘‘DOJ’’), for the purpose of 

representing or providing legal advice to 

the Department in a proceeding before 

a court, adjudicative body, or other 

administrative body before which the 

Department is authorized to appear, 

when such proceeding involves: 

(a) The Department or any component 

thereof; 

(b) Any employee of the Department 

in his or her official capacity; 

(c) Any employee of the Department 

in his or her individual capacity where 

the Department of Justice or the 

Department has agreed to represent the 

employee; or 

(d) The United States, when the 

Department determines that litigation is 

likely to affect the Department or any of 

its components; and the use of such 

records by the DOJ is deemed by the 

DOJ or the Department to be relevant 

and necessary to the litigation. 

(2) To a Federal, State, local, or other 

public authority maintaining civil, 

criminal or other relevant enforcement 

information or other pertinent 

information, which has requested 

information relevant to or necessary to 

the requesting agency’s, bureau’s, or 

authority’s hiring or retention of an 

individual, or issuance of a security 

clearance, license, contract, grant, or 

other benefit; 

(3) To a Congressional office in 

response to an inquiry made at the 

request of the individual to whom the 

record pertains; 

(4) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

General Services Administration 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906; 

(5) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) the Department of 

the Treasury and/or one of its bureaus 

suspects or has confirmed that there has 

been a breach of the system of records; 

(2) the Department of the Treasury and/ 

or bureau has determined that as a 

result of the suspected or confirmed 

breach there is a risk of harm to 

individuals, the Department of the 

Treasury and/or bureau (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security; and (3) the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons is reasonably necessary to assist 

in connection with the Department of 

the Treasury’s and/or bureau’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm; 

(6) To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when the Department of 

the Treasury and/or bureau determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach; 

(7) To Federal agencies such as the 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

State and local health departments, and 

other public health or cooperating 

medical authorities in connection with 

program activities and related 

collaborative efforts to deal more 

effectively with exposures to 

communicable diseases, and to satisfy 

mandatory reporting requirements when 

applicable. 

(8) To missing person location 

organizations to obtain information to 

aid in locating persons who were 

possibly exposed or exposed others to a 

communicable disease at a Treasury 

facility. 

(9) To contractors to assist the agency 

in health screening and contact tracing 

activities and assessing/revising/ 

improving Treasury processes, 

procedures, performance and 

implementation of health screening and 

contact tracing activities. 

(10) To appropriate federal, state, 

local, tribal, or foreign governmental 

agencies or multilateral governmental 

organizations, to the extent permitted by 

law, and in consultation with legal 

counsel, for the purpose of protecting 

the vital interests of a data subject or 

other persons, including to assist such 

agencies or organizations in preventing 

exposure to or transmission of a 

communicable or quarantinable disease 

or to combat other significant public 

health threats. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically in secure facilities. Paper 

records (if they must be created/ 

maintained) are stored in a locked 

drawer, behind a locked door or at a 

secure offsite location. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved by an 

individual’s name or other 

identification information (such as 

email address, employee identification 

number, or SSN). 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are managed in accordance 

with National Archives and Records 

Administration General Records 

Schedule 2.7 Item 040. Contact tracing 

records will be maintained in the 

agency in accordance with proposed 

retention schedules. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable law, rules and policies, 

including all applicable Treasury 

automated systems security and access 

policies. Strict controls have been 

imposed to minimize the risk of 

compromising the information that is 

being stored. Access to the computer 

system containing the records in this 

system is limited to those individuals 

who have a need to know the 

information for the performance of their 

official duties and who have appropriate 

clearances. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ below. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ below. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing, in accordance with 

Treasury’s Privacy Act regulations 

(located at 31 CFR 1.26), to the Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA) and 

Transparency Liaison, whose contact 

information can be found at http://

www.treasury.gov/FOIA/Pages/ 

index.aspx under ‘‘FOIA Requester 

Service Centers and FOIA Liaison.’’ If 

an individual believes more than one 

bureau maintains Privacy Act records 

concerning him or her, the individual 

may submit the request to the Office of 

Privacy, Transparency, and Records, 

FOIA and Transparency, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20220. 

No specific form is required, but a 

request must be written and: 


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• Be signed and either notarized or 

submitted under 28 U.S.C. 1746, a law 

that permits statements to be made 

under penalty of perjury as a substitute 

for notarization; 

• State that the request is made 

pursuant to the FOIA and/or Privacy 

Act disclosure regulations; 

• Include information that will enable 

the processing office to determine the 

fee category of the user; 

• Be addressed to the bureau that 

maintains the record (in order for a 

request to be properly received by the 

Department, the request must be 

received in the appropriate bureau’s 

disclosure office); 

• Reasonably describe the records; 

• Give the address where the 

determination letter is to be sent; 

• State whether or not the requester 

wishes to inspect the records or have a 

copy made without first inspecting 

them; and 

• Include a firm agreement from the 

requester to pay fees for search, 

duplication, or review, as appropriate. 

In the absence of a firm agreement to 

pay, the requester may submit a request 

for a waiver or reduction of fees, along 

with justification of how such a waiver 

request meets the criteria for a waiver or 

reduction of fees found in the FOIA 

statute at 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A)(iii). 

You may also submit your request 

online at https://rdgw.treasury.gov/foia/ 

pages/gofoia.aspx and call 1–202–622– 

0930 with questions. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0115] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Supporting Statement 

Regarding Marriage 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veteran’s Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before April 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M33), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0115’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

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. 2900–0115’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 103. 

Title: Supporting Statement Regarding 

Marriage (VA Form 21P–4171). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0115. 

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. VBA utilizes VA Form 21P– 

4171 to collect information from third 

parties regarding claimed common-law 

marriage between Veterans and spouse/ 

surviving spouses. VBA used this the 

information collected to determine 

whether or not the claimed commonlaw marriage is valid under the laws of 

the state/territory where the parties 

resided at the time of marriage or the 

laws of the state/territory where the 

parties resided when the right to 

benefits accrued, in accordance with 38 

CFR 3.1(j) and pay monetary benefits. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,400. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0458] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Certification of School 

Attendance or Termination 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before April 26, 2021. 


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