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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; COVID Relief 

Programs: Homeowner Assistance 

Fund and Emergency Rental 

Assistance 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other federal agencies to comment on 

the proposed information collections 

listed below, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eR-rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number TREAS–DO– 

2021–0013 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

numbers 1505–0266, 1505–0269, or 

1505–0270. 

• Mail: Treasury PRA Clearance 

Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to these programs, 

please contact Vikram Viswanathan by 

emailing Vikram.viswanathan@

treasury.gov, or calling (202) 380–8654. 

Additionally, you can view the 

information collection requests at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Title: Emergency Rental Assistance 

Program (ERA1). 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0266. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: On December 27, 2020, 

the President signed the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (the ‘‘Act’’), 

Public Law 116–260. Division N, Title 

V, Section 501(a)(1) of the Act 

established the Emergency Rental 

Assistance (ERA 1) program and 

provides $25 billion for the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) 

to make payments to States (defined to 

include the District of Columbia), U.S. 

Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana 

Islands, and American Samoa), Indian 

tribes or Tribally Designated Housing 

Entities, as applicable, the Department 

of Hawaiian Home Lands, and certain 

local governments with more than 

200,000 residents (collectively the 

‘‘eligible grantees’’) to provide financial 

assistance and housing stability services 

to eligible households. 

Forms: Award and Payment Forms, 

Compliance Reporting Forms. 

Affected Public: State, Territorial, 

Tribal, and certain Local Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,150. 

Frequency of Response: Once, 

Monthly, Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,276. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes to 1 hour for award and 

payment forms, 4 hours to 30 hours for 

compliance reporting. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 47,598. 

2. Title: Homeowner Assistance Fund. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0269. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: On March 11, 2021, the 

President signed the American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021 (the ‘‘Act’’), Public 

Law 117–2. Title III, Subtitle B, Section 

3206 of the Act established the 

Homeowner Assistance Fund and 

provides $9.961 billion for the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) 

to make payments to States (defined to 

include the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 

Northern Mariana Islands, and 

American Samoa), Indian tribes or 

Tribally Designated Housing Entities, as 

applicable, and the Department of 

Hawaiian Home Lands (collectively the 

‘‘eligible entities’’) to mitigate financial 

hardships associated with the 

coronavirus pandemic, including for the 

purposes of preventing homeowner 

mortgage delinquencies, defaults, 

foreclosures, loss of utilities or home 

energy services, and displacements of 

homeowners experiencing financial 

hardship after January 21, 2020, through 

qualified expenses related to mortgages 

and housing. 

Forms: Award and Payment Forms, 

Title VI Assurance Form, and Grantee 

Templates and Term Sheets. 

Affected Public: State and Tribal 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

651. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,906. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes to 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,768. 

3. Title: Emergency Rental Assistance 

Program (ERA2). 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0270. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: On March 11, 2021, the 

President signed the American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021 (the ‘‘Act’’), Public 

Law 117–2. Title III, Subtitle B, Section 

3201 of the Act authorized the 

Emergency Assistance (ERA 2) program 

and provides $21.55 billion for the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) 

to make payments to States (defined to 

include the District of Columbia), U.S. 

Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana 

Islands, and American Samoa), and 

certain local governments with more 

than 200,000 residents (collectively the 

‘‘eligible grantees’’) to provide financial 

assistance and housing stability services 

to eligible households, and cover the 

costs for other affordable rental housing 

and eviction prevention activities for 

eligible households. 

Forms: Awards and Payment Forms, 

Title VI Assurance Form, Compliance 

Reporting Forms. 

Affected Public: State, Territorial and 

certain Local Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

482. 

Frequency of Response: Once, 

Monthly, Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,078. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes for award and payment forms, 

30 minutes for Title VI Assurances, 1 

hour to 30 hours for compliance 

reporting. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 46,731. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget 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 technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

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of services required to provide 

information. 

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

Dated: August 9, 2021. 

Molly Stasko, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17264 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0166] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Application for 

Ordinary Life 

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, 

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: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0166. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0166’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21. 

Title: Application for Ordinary Life— 

VA Form 29–8700, 29–8700a, 29–8700b, 

29–8700c, 29–8700d, 29–8700e, 29– 

8701, 29–8701a, 29–8701b, 29–8701c, 

29–8701d, 29–8701e, 29–8485 and 29– 

8485a. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0166. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: These forms are used by the 

policyholder to apply for replacement 

insurance for Modified Life Reduced at 

Age 65 and 70. The information is 

required by law, 38 U.S.C Section 1904. 

The expiration date is being added to 

the forms. 

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 86 FR 

30685 on June 9, 2021, pages 30685 and 

30686. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,284. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15,400. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17198 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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