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its expected cost and burden; it includes 

the actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov or to VA’s OMB 

Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources 

and Housing Branch, New Executive 

Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0353’’ in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632– 

7479, FAX (202) 273–0487 or email 

denise.mclamb@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0353.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Certification of Lessons 

Completed, VA Forms 22–6553b and 

22–6553b–1. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0353. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Students enrolled in a 

correspondence school complete VA 

Forms 22–6553b and 22–6553b–1 to 

report the number of correspondence 

course lessons completed and forward 

the forms to the correspondence school 

for certification. School official certifies 

the number of lessons serviced and 

submits the forms to VA for processing. 

Benefits are payable based on the data 

provided on the form. Benefits are not 

payable when students interrupt, 

discontinue, or complete the training. 

VA uses the data collected to determine 

the amount of benefit is payable. 

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 

November 1, 2011, at pages 67560– 

67561. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, and Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 411 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

821. 

Number of Responses Annually: 

2,463. 

Dated: January 11, 2012. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf 

War Veterans’ Illnesses; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Research Advisory Committee 

on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses will 

meet on January 31 and February 1, 

2012. The meeting will be held in room 

1143 of the Lafayette Building, 811 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC. 

The meeting will start at 8 a.m. each day 

and will adjourn at 5 p.m. on January 

31 and at 12:30 p.m. on February 1. All 

sessions will be open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on proposed research 

studies, research plans and research 

strategies relating to the health 

consequences of military service in the 

Southwest Asia theater of operations 

during the Gulf War. 

The Committee will review VA 

program activities related to Gulf War 

Veterans’ illnesses and updates on 

relevant scientific research published 

since the last Committee meeting. The 

session on January 31 will be devoted to 

discussion of the Gulf War Research 

Strategic Plan being prepared in VA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

followed by an update of VA Gulf War 

research funding. The research 

presentations on February 1 will involve 

background information on Gulf War 

Veterans’ illnesses, nervous system 

function, its relation to ill Gulf War 

Veterans, and possible laboratory 

markers for Gulf War Veterans’ 

illnesses. The session will also include 

discussion of Committee business and 

activities. 

The meeting will include time 

reserved for public comments each day. 

A sign-up sheet for five-minute 

comments will be available at the 

meeting. Individuals who speak are 

invited to submit a 1–2 page summary 

of their comments at the time of the 

meeting for inclusion in the official 

meeting record. Members of the public 

may also submit written statements for 

the Committee’s review to Dr. Roberta 

White at rwhite@bu.edu. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should contact 

Dr. Roberta White, Scientific Director, at 

(617) 638–4620 or Dr. Victor Kalasinsky, 

Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 

443–5682, or email at victor.kalasinsky@

va.gov. 

Dated: January 11, 2012. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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