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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

There are no capital, start-up, or annual 

operation and maintenance costs 

involved in the collection of 

information. The respondents would not 

incur any reporting costs from the 

information collection beyond the labor 

costs associated with the burden hours 

to gather the information, prepare it for 

reporting and then populate the Webbased data collection tool. The 

respondents also would not incur any 

recordkeeping burden or recordkeeping 

costs from the information collection. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

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

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18251 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0178] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Monthly Certification of Onthe-Job and Apprenticeship Training 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

revised collection of certain information 

by the agency. Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal 

agencies are required to publish notice 

in the Federal Register concerning each 

revised collection of information, 

including each proposed revision of a 

currently approved collection, and 

allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before October 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M33), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0178’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

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. 2900–0178’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: Public Law 115–89 

‘‘Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor 

Opportunity Reform Act’’, 38 U.S.C. 

3002(3)(C), 3032(c), 3233, 3313(g), 3484, 

3534(a), 3680(c), 3687, and 10 U.S.C. 

16131., 38 CFR 21.3131(a), 21.3132(c), 

21.4135(e)(3)(iii), 21.4203(f)(3), 21.4262, 

21.5130, 21.5138, 21.7139(g), and 

21.7639(f), 21.9561(c), 21.9641(g). 

Title: Monthly Certification of OnThe-Job and Apprenticeship Training. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0178. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Benefits are authorized 

monthly based on the number of hours 

worked by the trainee as verified by the 

training establishment. Unscheduled 

terminations result in the termination of 

benefits. If hours are reduced to less 

than a full-time work schedule, a 

reduction of benefits will occur. Public 

Law 115–89 ‘‘Veterans Apprenticeship 

and Labor Opportunity Reform Act’’ 

(VALOR Act) was signed into law on 

November 21, 2017. Section 3 of this 

law amended 38 U.S.C. 3680(c) to 

eliminate the trainee’s certification 

requirement. As a result, this form is 

only completed, signed, and certified by 

the training establishment to report the 

trainee’s number of hours worked and/ 

or to report the trainee’s date of 

termination. The form no longer 

requires the signature of the trainee. The 

form is then sent to the Regional 

Processing Office (RPO) for processing. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 214,794 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Twelve (12) 

Annually per Respondent. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

107,397. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Disability 

Compensation, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, that a virtual meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Disability Compensation 

(Committee) will begin and end as 

follows: 


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