Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 7, 2018 / Notices 38765 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 1, 2018. 

Laurie Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16804 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning long-term care and 

accelerated death benefits. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 9, 2018 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form should be directed to 

Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751 or 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Long-Term Care and 

Accelerated Death Benefits. 

OMB Number: 1545–1519. 

Form Number: 1099–LTC. 

Abstract: File Form 1099–LTC, LongTerm Care and Accelerated Death 

Benefits, if you pay any long-term care 

benefits. 

Current Actions: There are changes to 

the previously approved burden of this 

existing collection. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations, individuals or 

households, not-for-profit institutions, 

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

377,467. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 13 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 86,818. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 1, 2018. 

Laurie Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16806 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Change in Burden of Proof 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the burden of proof for disciplinary and 

major adverse actions imposed against 

certain employees of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs has been changed from 

preponderance of evidence to 

substantial evidence. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 6, 2018. The 

proposed effective date of these 

amendments is 30 days after publication 

of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

directed to: Elizabeth A. Hill, Team 

Lead, Employee Relations & 

Performance Management Service, 

Office of Human Resources 

Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420. Comments may 

also be faxed to (202) 495–5200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth A. Hill, Team Lead, (706) 504– 

3988, or by email to Elizabeth.Hill@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

203 of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 

1991 (Pub. L. 102–40), dated May 7, 

1991, revised the disciplinary grievance 

and appeal procedures for employees 

appointed under 38 United States Code 

(U.S.C.) 7401(1). 38 U.S.C. 7461(e) 

requires that whenever the Secretary 

proposes to prescribe regulations under 

38 U.S.C., Part V, Chapter 74, 

Subchapter V, ‘‘the Secretary shall 

publish the proposed regulations in the 

Federal Register for notice-andcomment not less than 30 days before 

the day on which they take effect.’’ 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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. 

Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, Acting Chief of 

Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

approved this document on July 30, 

2018, for publication. 

Dated: July 30, 2018. 

Luvenia Potts, 

Program Specialist, Office of Regulation 

Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16808 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES