[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13847]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Amended Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer program matching Internal 
Revenue Service (IRS) records with VA pension and parents' dependency 
and indemnity compensation (DIC) records.
    The goal of this match is to compare income status as reported to 
VA with records maintained by IRS.
    VA plans to match records of veterans, surviving spouses and 
children who receive pension, and parents who receive DIC, with data 
from the IRS income tax return information as it relates to unearned 
income.
    VA will use this information to adjust VA benefit payments as 
prescribed by law. The proposed matching program will enable VA to 
ensure accurate reporting of income.
    Records To Be Matched: VA records involved in the match are the VA 
system of records, Compensation, Pension, Education and Rehabilitation 
Records--VA (58 VA 21/22). The IRS records will come from the Wage and 
Information Returns (IRP) Processing File, Treas/IRS 22.061, hereafter 
referred to as the Information Return Master File (IRMF), as published 
at 63 FR 69852 (December 17, 1998) through the Disclosure of 
Information to Federal, State and Local Agencies (DIFSLA) program. In 
accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. subsection 552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of 
the agreement are being sent to both Houses of Congress and to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
    This notice is provided in accordance with the provisions of the 
Privacy Act of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100-503.

DATES: The match will start no sooner than 30 days after publication of 
this Notice in the Federal Register, or 40 days after copies of this 
Notice and the agreement of the parties are submitted to Congress and 
OMB, whichever is later, and end not more than 18 months after the 
agreement is properly implemented by the parties. The involved 
agencies' Data Integrity Boards (DIB) may extend this match for 12 
months provided the agencies certify to their DIBs within three months 
of the ending date of the original match that the matching program will 
be conducted without change and that the matching program has been 
conducted in compliance with the original matching program.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, 
suggestions, or objections regarding the proposal to conduct the 
matching program to the Director, Office of Regulations Management 
(02D), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 
1154, Washington, DC 20420. All written comments received will be 
available for public inspection in the Office of Regulations 
Management, Room 1158, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Trowbridge (212A), (202) 273-
7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is required by Title 5 
U.S.C. subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act of 1974. A copy of this 
notice has been provided to both Houses of Congress and OMB.

    Approved: May 21, 2001.
Anthony J. Principi,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 01-13847 Filed 6-1-01; 8:45 am]
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