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changes to the notice are necessary. This 

matching program will be valid for 18 

months from the effective date of this 

notice. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through www.Regulations.gov 

by mail or hand-delivery to the Director, 

Regulations Management (00REG), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Ave. NW, Room 1068, 

Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to 

(202) 273–9026 (not a toll-free number). 

Comments should indicate that they are 

submitted in response to Matching 

Program IRS/VA. Copies of comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection in the Office of Regulation 

Policy and Management, Room 1063B, 

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday (except 

holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for 

an appointment. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) In addition, during the 

comment period, comments may be 

viewed online through the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) at 

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LeRoy F. Garcia, Acting Director, Health 

Eligibility Center, (404) 848–5300 (this 

is not a toll free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Veterans Affairs has 

statutory authorization under 38 U.S.C. 

5317, 38 U.S.C. 5106, 26 U.S.C. 

6103(l)(7)(D)(viii) and 5 U.S.C. 552a to 

establish matching agreements and 

request and use income information 

from other agencies for purposes of 

verification of income for determining 

eligibility for benefits. 38 U.S.C. 

1710(a)(2)(G), 1710(a)(3), and 1710(b) 

identify those veterans whose basic 

eligibility for medical care benefits is 

dependent upon their financial status. 

Eligibility for nonservice-connected and 

zero percent noncompensable serviceconnected veterans is determined based 

on the veteran’s inability to defray the 

expenses for necessary care as defined 

in 38 U.S.C. 1722. This determination 

can affect their responsibility to 

participate in the cost of their care 

through copayments and their 

assignment to an enrollment priority 

group. The goal of this match is to 

obtain IRS unearned income 

information data needed for the income 

verification process. The VA records 

involved in the match are ‘‘Income 

Verification Records—VA’’ 

(89VA10NB). The IRS records are from 

the Information Return Master File 

(IRMF) Process File, Treas/IRS 22.061, 

through the Disclosure of Information to 

Federal, State and Local Agencies 

(DIFSLA) program. A copy of this notice 

has been sent to both Houses of 

Congress and OMB. 

Participating Agencies: Department of 

Veterans Affairs/Veteran 

HealthAdministration and Internal 

Revenue Service. 

Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program: This agreement is 

executed under the Privacy Act of 1974, 

5 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 552a, as 

amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, and 

the regulations and guidance 

promulgated thereunder. Legal authority 

for the disclosures under this agreement 

is 38 U.S.C. 5106 and 5317, and 26 

U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(D)(viii). Under 38 

U.S.C. 1710, VA/VHA has a statutory 

obligation to collect income information 

from certain applicants for medical care 

and to use that income data to 

determine the appropriate eligibility 

category for the applicant’s medical 

care. 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) authorizes the 

disclosure of tax return information 

with respect to net earnings from selfemployment and wages, as defined by 

relevant sections of the Internal 

Revenue Code (IRC), to Federal, state, 

and local agencies administering certain 

benefit programs under Title 38 of the 

U.S.C. 

Purpose(s): To identify and verify 

those veterans whose basic eligibility for 

medical care benefits is dependent upon 

their financial status and ensure they 

are in the correct Priority Group and 

copayment status. 

Categories of Individuals: Nonserviceconnected and zero percent 

noncompensable service-connected 

veterans who are in Priority Group 5 

based on their inability to defray the 

expenses for necessary care as defined 

in 38 U.S.C. 1722. 

Categories of Records: The VA records 

involved in the match are ‘‘Income 

Verification Records—VA’’ 

(89VA10NB). The IRS will provide 

return information with respect to 

unearned income from the Information 

Return Master File (IRMF) Process File, 

Treas/IRS 22.061. 

System(s) of Records: VHA’s System 

of Records entitled ‘‘Income Verification 

Records—VA’’ (89VA10NB) (Routine 

use nineteen (19)), as published at 73 FR 

26192 (May 8, 2008), and updated at 78 

FR 76897 (December 19, 2013). IRS will 

extract return information with respect 

to unearned income from the 

Information Return Master File (IRMF) 

Processing File, Treas/IRS 22.061, as 

published at 80 FR 54081 (September 8, 

2015), through the Disclosure of 

Information to Federal, State and Local 

Agencies (DIFSLA) program. 

Signing Authority 

The Senior Agency Official for 

Privacy, or designee, approved this 

document and authorized the 

undersigned to sign and submit the 

document to the Office of the Federal 

Register for publication electronically as 

an official document of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs. John Buck, Director 

for the Office of Privacy, Information 

and Identity Protection, Department of 

Veterans Affairs approved this 

document on June 13, 2018 for 

publication. 

Dated: June 14, 2018. 

Kathleen M. Manwell, 

Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office 

of Privacy, Information and Identity 

Protection, Quality, Privacy and Risk, Office 

of Information and Technology, Department 

of Veterans Affairs. 

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AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0132] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Application in Acquiring 

Specially Adapted Housing or Special 

Adaptation Grant 

AGENCY: Loan Guaranty Service, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Loan Guaranty Service, 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 19, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Attn: 

VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent through 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0132’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality, 

Privacy and Risk (OQPR), Department of 


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Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461– 

5870 or email cynthia.harvey-pryor@

va.gov Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 

2900–0132’’ in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2108. 

Title: Application in Acquiring 

Specially Adapted Housing or Special 

Adaptation Grant. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0132. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Title 38, U.S.C., chapter 21, 

authorizes a VA program of grants for 

specially adapted housing for disabled 

veterans or servicemembers. Section 

2101(a) of this chapter specifically 

outlines those determinations that must 

be made by VA before such grant is 

approved for a particular veteran or 

servicemember. VA Form 26–4555 is 

used to gather the necessary information 

to determine Veteran eligibility for the 

SAH or SHA grant. 

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 83 FR 

12654 on March 22, 2018, pages 12654– 

12655. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,166 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,000 per year. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

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