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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer 

Assistance Center Project Committee 

will be conducted. The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 

comments, ideas, and suggestions on 

improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, February 15, 2018 and 

Friday, February 16, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilbert Martinez at 1–888–912–1227 or 

(737) 800–4060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer Assistance 

Center Project Committee will be held 

Thursday, February 15, 2018, from 8:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time and 

Friday, February 16, 2018, from 8:00 

a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Central Time at the 

IRS Office in Dallas, Texas. The public 

is invited to make oral comments or 

submit written statements for 

consideration. Due to limited time and 

structure of meeting, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Gilbert Martinez. For more information 

please contact Gilbert Martinez at 1– 

888–912–1227 or 214–413–6523, or 

write TAP Office 3651 S. IH–35, STOP 

1005 AUSC, Austin, TX 78741, or post 

comments to the website: http://

www.improveirs.org. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Antoinette Ross, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comments, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, February 12, 2018 and 

Tuesday, February 13, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Antoinette Ross at 1–888–912–1227 or 

202–317–4110. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be held Monday, February 12, 2018, 

from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain 

Time and Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 

from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Mountain 

Time at the IRS Office in Albuquerque, 

New Mexico. The public is invited to 

make oral comments or submit written 

statements for consideration. Due to 

limited time and structure of meeting, 

notification of intent to participate must 

be made with Antoinette Ross. For more 

information please contact Antoinette 

Ross at 1–888–912–1227 or 202–317– 

4110, or write TAP Office, 1111 

Constitution Ave. NW, Room 1509, 

Washington, DC 20224 or contact us at 

the website: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Antoinette Ross, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Information 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. 

IRS is soliciting comments concerning 

the reporting and/or record-keeping 

requirements regarding The Health 

Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) 

Reimbursement Request Form. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 19, 2018 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please send separate comments for each 

specific information collection listed 

below. You must reference the 

information collection’s title, form 

number, reporting or record-keeping 

requirement number, and OMB number 

(if any) in your comment. Requests for 

additional information, or copies of the 

information collection and instructions, 

or copies of any comments received, 

contact E. Christophe, at (202) 317– 

5745, at Internal Revenue Service, Room 

6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Elaine.H.Christophe@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: The Health Coverage Tax Credit 

(HCTC) Reimbursement Request Form. 

OMB Number: 1545–2152. 

Form Number: Form 14095. 

Abstract: This form will be used by 

HCTC participants to request 

reimbursement for health plan 

premiums paid prior to the 

commencement of advance payments. 

Current Actions: There is no change 

in the paperwork burden previously 

approved by OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,058. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 40 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,039. 

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 our 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant 

information collection. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in your 

comments. 

We invite comments on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, including 


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whether the information has 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 

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 the requested information. 

Approved: January 8, 2018. 

T. Pinkston, 

Supervisory, Tax Analyst. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Appointment to the Advisory 

Committee on Cemeteries and 

Memorials 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), National Cemetery 

Administration (NCA), is seeking 

nominations of qualified candidates to 

be considered for appointment as a 

member of the Advisory Committee on 

Cemeteries and Memorials (herein-after 

in this section referred to as ‘‘the 

Committee’’). The Committee was 

established to advise the Secretary of 

VA with respect to the administration of 

VA national cemeteries, soldiers’ lots 

and plots, which are the responsibility 

of the Secretary, the erection of 

appropriate memorials and the 

adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 

DATES: Nominations of qualified 

candidates are being sought to fill 

upcoming vacancies on the Committee. 

Nominations for membership on the 

Committee must be received no later 

than 5:00 p.m. EST on January 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be 

mailed to National Cemetery 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, (40A1), 

Washington, DC 20420, or faxed to (202) 

273–6709. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Christine Hamilton, National Cemetery 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, (40A1), 

Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 

461–5681. A copy of Committee charter 

and list of the current membership can 

be obtained by contacting Ms. Hamilton 

or by accessing the website managed by 

NCA at: http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/ 

about/advisory_committee.asp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and 

Memorials (ACCM) was established to 

advise the Secretary of VA with respect 

to the administration of VA national 

cemeteries, soldiers’ lots and plots, 

which are the responsibility of the 

Secretary, the erection of appropriate 

memorials and the adequacy of Federal 

burial benefits. The Committee 

responsibilities include: 

(1) Advising the Secretary on VA’s 

administration of burial benefits and the 

selection of cemetery sites, the erection 

of appropriate memorials, and the 

adequacy of Federal burial benefits; 

(2) Providing to the Secretary and 

Congress periodic reports outlining 

recommendations, concerns, and 

observations on VA’s delivery of these 

benefits and services to Veterans; 

(3) Meeting with VA officials, Veteran 

Service Organizations, and other 

stakeholders to assess the Department’s 

efforts in providing burial benefits and 

outreach on these benefits to Veterans 

and their dependents; 

(4) Undertaking assignments to 

conduct research and assess existing 

burial and memorial programs; to 

examine potential revisions or 

expansion of burial and memorial 

programs and services; and to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary based on this research. 

Membership Criteria and 

Qualification: NCA is requesting 

nominations for upcoming vacancies on 

the Committee. The Committee is 

composed of up to twelve members and 

several ex-officio members. 

The members of the Committee are 

appointed by the Secretary of Veteran 

Affairs from the general public, 

including but not limited to: 

(1) Veterans or other individuals who 

are recognized authorities in fields 

pertinent to the needs of Veterans; 

(2) Veterans who have experience in 

a military theater of operations; 

(3) Recently separated service 

members; 

(4) Officials from Government, nonGovernment organizations (NGOs) and 

industry partners in the provision of 

memorial benefits and services, and 

outreach information to VA 

beneficiaries. 

The Secretary shall determine the 

number, terms of service, and pay and 

allowances of members of the 

Committee appointed by the Secretary, 

except that a term of service of any such 

member may not exceed three years. 

The Secretary may reappoint any such 

member for additional terms of service. 

To the extent possible, the Secretary 

seeks members who have diverse 

professional and personal qualifications, 

including but not limited to prior 

military experience and military 

deployments, experience working with 

Veterans, and experience in large and 

complex organizations, and subject 

matter expertise in the areas described 

above. We ask that nominations include 

information of this type so that VA can 

ensure diverse Committee membership. 

Requirements for Nomination 

Submission: Nominations should be 

typed (one nomination per nominator). 

Nomination package should include: 

(1) A letter of nomination that clearly 

states the name and affiliation of the 

nominee, the basis for the nomination 

(i.e. specific attributes which qualify the 

nominee for service in this capacity), 

and a statement from the nominee 

indicating the willingness to serve as a 

member of the Committee; 

(2) The nominee’s contact 

information, including name, mailing 

address, telephone numbers, and email 

address; 

(3) The nominee’s curriculum vitae; 

and 

(4) A summary of the nominee’s 

experience and qualifications relative to 

the membership considerations 

described above. 

Individuals selected for appointment 

to the Committee shall be invited to 

serve a two-year term. Committee 

members will receive a stipend for 

attending Committee meetings, 

including per diem and reimbursement 

for travel expenses incurred. 

The Department makes every effort to 

ensure that the membership of VA 

federal advisory committees is diverse 

in terms of points of view represented 

and the committee’s capabilities. 

Appointments to this Committee shall 

be made without discrimination because 

of a person’s race, color, religion, sex, 

sexual orientation, gender identify, 

national origin, age, disability, or 

genetic information. Nominations must 

state that the nominee is willing to serve 

as a member of the Committee and 

appears to have no conflict of interest 

that would preclude membership. An 

ethics review is conducted for each 

selected nominee. 

Dated: January 12, 2018. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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