Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices 37605

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 on

February 16, 2000 at pages 7923–7924.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,000.

Number of Responses Annually:

2,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt,

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503

(202) 395–4650. Please refer to ‘‘OMB

Control No. 2900–0171’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: May 18, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary:

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–15071 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0565]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted 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; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8135 or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0565.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

State Application for Interment

Allowance Under 38 U.S.C., Chapter 23,

VA Form 21–530a.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0565.

Type of Review: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

has expired.

Abstract: VA Form 21–530a is used to

gather information from a State seeking

payment of benefits for plot-interment

allowances for the burial of an eligible

veteran in a cemetery owned by that

State and used solely for the interment

of persons eligible for burial in a

national cemetery.

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 on March

30, 2000 at pages 17006–17007.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 20,000

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

40,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt,

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503

(202) 395–4650. Please refer to ‘‘OMB

Control No. 2900–0565’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: May 26, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary:

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–15072 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974, Addition of

Routine Use to System of Records

Compensation, Pension, Education

Rehabilitation Records–VA

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice; addition of routine use.

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy

Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), notice

is hereby given that the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to add a

routine use to the system of records ‘‘VA

Compensation, Pension, Education and

Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 21/

22).’’

DATES: The proposed routine use will be

effective July 17, 2000, unless comments

are received before this date which

would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the proposed amendment to

the routine use may be mailed to the

Office of Regulations Management

(02D), Department of Veterans Affairs,

810 Vermont Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20420.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge, Consultant, Compensation

and Pension Service, Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There is

an ongoing computer matching program

between the Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA) and the Internal Revenue

Service (IRS) to provide VA with tax

return information as it relates to

unearned income. VA uses the data to

update the master records of VA

beneficiaries receiving income

dependent benefits and to adjust VA

income dependent benefits. As a

condition of continuing the computer

matching agreement after December 31,

2000, IRS is requiring that VA publish

a routine use stating that disclosure of

tax returns and return information

received from IRS may be made only as

provided by 26 U.S.C. 6103.

VA proposes to add this routine use

to the following system of records

which is contained in the Federal

Register: VA Compensation, Pension,

Education and Rehabilitation Records–

VA (58 VA 21/22)’’ first published at 41

FR 924 (March 3, 1976), and last

amended at 63 FR 37941 (7/14/98), with

other amendments as cited therein.

A ‘‘Report of Altered System’’ and an

advance copy of the revised system have

been sent to the chairmen and ranking

minority members of the Committee on

Governmental Reform of the U.S. House

of Representatives and the Committee

on Governmental Affairs of the U.S.

Senate, and to the Office of Management

and Budget, as required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(o) and guidelines issued by the

Office of Management and Budget.

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments, suggestions,

or objections regarding the proposed

amended routine use statement to the

Director, Office of Regulations

Management (02D), Department of