Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / Notices 76623 

State’s apportionment of funds under 23 

U.S.C. 104(b)(1) shall be reduced in an 

amount up to 8 percent of the amount 

to be apportioned during any fiscal year 

beginning after September 30, 1984, if 

vehicles subject to the Federal heavy 

vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in 

the State without having presented 

proof of payment of the tax. The annual 

certification by the State Governor or 

designated official regarding the 

collection of the heavy vehicle use tax 

serves as the FHWA’s primary means of 

determining State compliance. The 

FHWA has determined that an annual 

certification of compliance by each State 

is the least obtrusive means of 

administering the provisions of the 

legislative mandate. In addition, States 

are required to retain for 1 year a 

Schedule 1, IRS Form 2290, Heavy 

Vehicle Use Tax Return (or other 

suitable alternative provided by 

regulation). The FHWA conducts 

compliance reviews at least once every 

3 years to determine if the annual 

certification is adequate to ensure 

effective administration of 23 U.S.C. 

141(c). 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, and the District of 

Columbia for a total of 51 respondents. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The average burden to submit 

the certification and to retain required 

records is 12 hours per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 918 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: September 13, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0798] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Veteran/ 

Beneficiary Claim for Reimbursement 

of Travel Expenses 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

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 and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

October 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, please type the 

following link into your browser: 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments,’’ then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0798.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA Information: Maribel Aponte, 202– 

462–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Veteran/Beneficiary Claim for 

Reimbursement of Travel Expenses (VA 

Form 10–3542 and BTSSS). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0798. 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with 

change, of a previously approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 111 

and 38 CFR part 70, subpart A, the 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

Beneficiary Travel (BT) Program 

provides payments for authorized travel 

expenses to help Veterans and other 

beneficiaries obtain care or services 

from VHA or VA-authorized providers 

in the community. VHA must 

administer payments according to 

statutory mandates, including the 

Payment Integrity Information Act of 

2019 (PIIA) (Pub. L. 116–117). In 

compliance with the PIIA and other 

program requirements, VHA must gather 

certain information to determine 

whether BT eligibility and other criteria 

for approval have been met, and the 

amount of payment or reimbursement 

that is authorized under the BT 

program. To improve the claimant 

experience, VHA made some revisions 

to the Instructions section of VA Form 

10–3542 to clarify required information 

for claims, such as proof of attendance 

at appointments when applicable, as 

well as online submission options. 

Claimants may include Veterans and 

other BT beneficiaries, as well as 

entities or individuals who provided or 

paid for travel. Claimants may apply for 

BT reimbursement orally or in writing 

through VA Form 10–3542 or the 

Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System 

(BTSSS). Based upon program data 

since the last PRA clearance, VHA has 

adjusted the estimated annual number 

of respondents and responses and 

increased the average time per claim 

submission. These changes have 

resulted in an increase in the estimated 

annual burden hours. This standard 

collection of information is necessary to 

enable VHA to provide this benefit and 

appropriately ensure that funds are 

being paid to the correct claimant. 

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 89 FR 

15928, March 5, 2024. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,216,667 

hours. 

Total Annual Responses: 7,300,000. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,216,667 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Average of 5 

times per year. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,460,000. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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