13868 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 56 / Friday, March 23, 2007 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An open 

meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday, 

April 17, 2007 from 9 a.m. ET to 10 a.m. 

ET via a telephone conference call. 

Individual comments will be limited to 

5 minutes. If you would like to have the 

TAP consider a written statement, 

please call 1–888–912–1227 or 718–

488–2085, or write Audrey Y. Jenkins, 

TAP Office, 10 MetroTech Center, 625 

Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Due 

to limited conference lines, notification 

of intent to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Audrey Y. Jenkins. Ms. Jenkins can 

be reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 718–

488–2085, or post comments to the Web 

site: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–5288 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Art Advisory Panel—Notice of 

Availability of Report of 2006 Closed 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. I 

section 10(d), of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and 5 U.S.C. 552b, the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, a 

report summarizing the closed meeting 

activities of the Art Advisory Panel 

during 2006 has been prepared. A copy 

of this report has been filed with the 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 

Management. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective March 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The report is available for 

public inspection and requests for 

copies should be addressed to: Internal 

Revenue Service, Freedom of 

Information Reading Room, Room 1621, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, telephone 

number (202) 622–5164 (not a toll free 

number). The report is also available at 

http://www.irs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Carolan, AP:ART, Internal 

Revenue Service/Appeals, 1099 14th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 

telephone (202) 435–5609 (not a toll free 

telephone number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commissioner of Internal Revenue has 

determined that this document is not a 

major rule as defined in Executive Order 

12291 and that a regulatory impact 

analysis therefore, is not required. 

Neither does this document constitute a 

rule subject to the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. Chapter 6). 

Mark W. Everson, 

Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 

[FR Doc. E7–5283 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Compensation Cost-of-Living 

Adjustments for Service-Connected 

Benefits 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans’

Compensation Cost-of-Living 

Adjustment Act of 2006, Public Law 

109–361, the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is hereby giving notice of 

adjustments in certain benefit rates. 

These adjustments affect the 

compensation and dependency and 

indemnity compensation (DIC) 

programs. 

DATES: These adjustments are effective 

December 1, 2006, the date provided by 

Public Law 109–361. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lyric Collier, Program Analyst, 

Compensation and Pension Service 

(212A), Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–7212. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 

of Public Law 109–361 provides for an 

increase in each of the rates in sections 

1114, 1115(1), 1162, 1311, 1313, and 

1314 of title 38, United States Code. VA 

is required to increase these benefit 

rates by the same percentage as 

increases in the benefit amounts payable 

under title II of the Social Security Act. 

In computing increased rates in the 

cited title 38 sections, fractions of a 

dollar are rounded down to the nearest 

dollar. The increased rates are required 

to be published in the Federal Register. 

The Social Security Administration 

has announced that there will be a 3.3 

percent cost-of-living increase in Social 

Security benefits. Therefore, applying 

the same percentage, the following rates 

for VA compensation and DIC programs 

will be effective December 1, 2006: 

DISABILITY COMPENSATION (38 U.S.C. 

1114) 

Disability evaluation 

Percent Monthly rate 

10 .............................................. $115 

20 .............................................. 225 

30 .............................................. 348 

40 .............................................. 501 

50 .............................................. 712 

60 .............................................. 901 

70 .............................................. 1,135 

80 .............................................. 1,319 

90 .............................................. 1,483 

100 ............................................ 2,471 

(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (s)): 

38 U.S.C. 1114(k) ................. 89; 3,075; 

89; 4,313 

38 U.S.C. 1114(l) .................. 3,075 

38 U.S.C. 1114(m) ................ 3,392 

38 U.S.C. 1114(n) ................. 3,860 

38 U.S.C. 1114(o) ................. 4,313 

38 U.S.C. 1114(p) ................. 4,313 

38 U.S.C. 1114(r) .................. 1,851; 2,757 

38 U.S.C. 1114(s) ................. 2,766 

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR 

DEPENDENTS (38 U.S.C. 1115(1)) 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1): 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(A) ............ $139 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B) ............ 240; 70 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C) ............ 94; 70 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D) ............ 112 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E) ............ 265 

38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F) ............ 222 

CLOTHING ALLOWANCE (38 U.S.C. 1162) 

$662 per year 

DIC TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE (38 U.S.C. 

1311) 

Pay Grade: 

E–1 ........................................ $1,067 

E–2 ........................................ 1,067 

E–3 ........................................ 1,067 

E–4 ........................................ 1,067 

E–5 ........................................ 1,067 

E–6 ........................................ 1,067 

E–7 ........................................ 1,104 

E–8 ........................................ 1,165 

E–9(1) ................................... 1,215 

W–1 ....................................... 1,128 

W–2 ....................................... 1,172 

W–3 ....................................... 1,207 

W–4 ....................................... 1,276 

O–1 ....................................... 1,128 

O–2 ....................................... 1,165 

O–3 ....................................... 1,246 

O–4 ....................................... 1,319 

O–5 ....................................... 1,452 

O–6 ....................................... 1,637 

O–7 ....................................... 1,768 

O–8 ....................................... 1,941 

O–9 ....................................... 2,076 

O–10(2) ................................. 2,276 

(1) If the veteran served as sergeant 

major of the Army, senior enlisted 

advisor of the Navy, chief master 

sergeant of the Air Force, sergeant major 

of the Marine Corps, or master chief 

petty officer of the Coast Guard, the 


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