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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0590] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Department of 

Veterans Affairs Acquisition 

Regulation (VAAR), Indemnification 

and Medical Liability Insurance; 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance; and Report of Employment 

Under Commercial Activities 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition and 

Logistics, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Office of Acquisition and Logistics, 

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 February 9, 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. 2900–0590’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise 

Records Service (005R1B), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 

(202) 461–5870 or email cynthia.harveypryor@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0590’’ in any 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21. 

Title: Department of Veterans Affairs 

Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Clauses 

852.237–7, Indemnification and Medical 

Liability Insurance; 852.228–71, 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance; and 852.207–70, Report of 

Employment Under Commercial 

Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0590. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: VAAR clause 852.237–7, 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance, is used in lieu of Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 

52.237–7, Indemnification and Medical 

Liability Insurance, in solicitations and 

contracts for the acquisition of nonpersonal health care services. It requires 

the apparent successful bidder/offeror, 

upon the request of the contracting 

officer, prior to contract award, to 

furnish evidence of insurability of the 

offeror and/or all health-care providers 

who will perform under the contract. In 

addition, the clause requires the 

contractor, prior to commencement of 

services under the contract, to provide 

Certificates of Insurance or insurance 

policies evidencing that the firm 

possesses the types and amounts of 

insurance required by the solicitation. 

The information is required in order to 

protect VA by ensuring that the firm to 

which award may be made and the 

individuals who may provide health 

care services under the contract are 

insurable and that, following award, the 

contractor and its employees will 

continue to possess the types and 

amounts of insurance required by the 

solicitation. It helps ensure that VA will 

not be held liable for any negligent acts 

of the contractor or its employees and 

ensures that VA and VA beneficiaries 

will be protected by adequate insurance 

coverage. 

VAAR clause 852.228–71, 

Indemnification and Insurance, is used 

in solicitations for vehicle or aircraft 

services. It requires the apparent 

successful bidder/offeror, prior to 

contract award, to furnish evidence that 

the firm possesses the types and 

amounts of insurance required by the 

solicitation. This evidence is in the form 

of a certificate from the firm’s insurance 

company. The information is required to 

protect VA by ensuring that the firm to 

which award will be made possesses the 

types and amounts of insurance 

required by the solicitation. It helps 

ensure that VA will not be held liable 

for any negligent acts of the contractor 

and ensures that VA beneficiaries and 

the public are protected by adequate 

insurance coverage. 

VAAR clause 852.207–70, Report of 

Employment Under Commercial 

Activities, is used in solicitations for 

commercial items and services where 

the work is currently being performed 

by VA employees and where those 

employees might be displaced as a 

result of an award to a commercial firm. 

The clause requires contractors awarded 

such contracts to provide, within 5 days 

of contract award, a list of employment 

openings, including salaries and 

benefits, and blank job application 

forms. The clause also requires the 

contractor, prior to the contract start 

date, to report: The names of adversely 

affected Federal employees offered 

employment openings; the date the offer 

was made; a description of the position; 

the date of acceptance and the effective 

date of employment; the date of 

rejection if an employee rejected an 

offer; the salary and benefits contained 

in any rejected offer; and the names of 

employees who applied for but were not 

offered employment and the reasons for 

withholding offers to those employees. 

In addition, the clause requires the 

contractor, during the first 90 days of 

contract performance, to report the 

names of all persons hired or terminated 

under the contract. The information will 

be used by the contracting officer to 

monitor and ensure compliance by the 

contractor with the requirements of FAR 

clause 52.207–3, Right of First Refusal 

of Employment. VA uses the 

information to determine whether 

additional contract terms and 

conditions are necessary to mitigate the 

conflict. 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. 

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 82 FR 

44030 on September 20, 2017. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 

a. VAAR Clause 852.237–7, 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance—750 hours. 

b. VAAR clause 852.228–71, 

Indemnification and Insurance—250 

hours. 

c. VAAR clause 852.207–70, Report of 

Employment Under Commercial 

Activities—15 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 

a. VAAR Clause 852.237–7, 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance—30 minutes. 

b. VAAR clause 852.228–71, 

Indemnification and Insurance—30 

minutes. 

c. VAAR clause 852.207–70, Report of 

Employment Under Commercial 

Activities—30 minutes per report. 

Frequency of Response: 

a. VAAR Clause 852.237–7, 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance—1 per each contract 

awarded. 


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b. VAAR clause 852.228–71, 

Indemnification and Insurance—1 per 

each contract awarded. 

c. VAAR clause 852.207–70, Report of 

Employment Under Commercial 

Activities—3 reports per contract 

awarded. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

a. VAAR Clause 852.237–7, 

Indemnification and Medical Liability 

Insurance—1500. 

b. VAAR clause 852.228–71, 

Indemnification and Insurance—500. 

c. VAAR clause 852.207–70, Report of 

Employment Under Commercial 

Activities—10. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00234 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0108] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Report of Income 

From Property or Business 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), 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 February 9, 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. 2900–0108’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality, 

Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue, 

Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 461–5870 or email 

cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0108’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1521, 1541, 1315. 

Title: Report of Income From Property 

or Business, VA Form 21P–4185. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0108. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: A claimant’s eligibility to 

Pension or Parents’ Dependency and 

Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is 

determined, in part, by the claimant’s 

countable income. Authority is found at 

38 U.S.C. 1521, 38 U.S.C. 1541, and 38 

U.S.C. 1315. VA Form 21P–4185 is used 

to gather information that is necessary 

to determine a claimant’s countable 

income received from rental property 

and/or operation of a business. Some 

expenses associated with rental 

property and business operation are 

deductible from the gross income 

received. Complete information about 

expenses and income is necessary in 

order to determine the net amount of 

income that is countable. The 

information is used to determine 

eligibility for VA benefits, and, if 

eligibility exists, the proper rate of 

payment. 

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 Vol. 82, 

No. 205, Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 

page 49482. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 3,500 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 30 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,000. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00230 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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