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CFR 21.4260. In order for a review and 

decision to be made, the VA needs 

supporting information from a foreign 

educational institution. The Application 

for Approval of a Program in a Foreign 

Country, VA Form 22–0976 OMB ICR 

#2900–0853 is being submitted as a 

‘‘Revision’’. We are changing the 

formatting of the form, as well as 

changing most of the existing questions 

to be written in the form of a statement. 

There is no change to the current 

burden as a result of making these 

revisions. 

Currently, the VA Form 22–0976 

questions are written to solicit YES/NO 

responses regarding compliance to the 

current and new provisions established 

for foreign institutions. We believe the 

questions should be instead written and 

displayed in the form of a statement to 

indicate the VA requirements necessary 

for the achievement of compliance for 

foreign institutions. 

Public Law 116–135, Johnny Isakson 

and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health 

Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 

2020 amended a number of VA benefits 

that requires the revision of VA Form 

22–0976 to comply with these changes. 

The VA Form 22–0976 is the official 

application that all foreign institutions 

outside of the United States must use to 

formally request foreign program 

approval for GI Bill benefits from VA. 

The current form is inadequate to 

comply with both the current and new 

changes in the law. Therefore, the 

purpose of revising VA Form 22–0976 is 

to support the provisions of Public Law 

116–135, and the Veterans Benefits and 

Transition Act of 2018, Public Law 115– 

407 necessary in order for foreign 

institutions to acknowledge and 

adhered to the requirement of Section 

104 of this law. The provisions of this 

law require foreign institutions to allow 

eligible individuals to stay enrolled in 

courses of education pending the receipt 

of educational assistance from 

Department of Veterans Affairs. The 

institution’s policy must ensure that 

they will not impose any penalty, 

including the assessment of late fees, 

the denial of access to classes, libraries, 

or other institutional facilities, or make 

it a requirement that a covered 

individual borrow additional funds 

because of the individual’s inability to 

meet his or her financial obligations to 

the institution due to the delayed 

disbursement funding from VA under 

chapter 31 or 33. 

The purpose of revising this form also 

supports the provisions of Isakson and 

ROE, Public Law 116–315, Sections 

1019 and 1020. Section 1019 requires 

schools and training programs to be 

financially responsible (School 

Liability), instead of the student, for 

payments which are directly paid to an 

educational institution pursuant to the 

Post-9/11 GI Bill, (i.e., payments paid to 

an educational institution pursuant to 

the Yellow Ribbon GI Education 

Enhancement program and the Advance 

payments of the initial educational 

assistance to an institution.). Section 

1020 limits the type of Advertising, 

Sales, and Marketing that schools can 

conduct and remain eligible for GI Bill 

funds. This section would also create a 

tiered penalty system against 

institutions that do not comply with the 

law and set up a mechanism for 

institutions to work with the SAAs and 

VA on coming back into compliance, 

and for institutions to not engage in 

advertising and/or enrollment practices 

of any type, which are erroneous, 

deceptive, or misleading either by actual 

statement, omission, or intimidation. 

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 87 FR 

85 on May 3, 2022, pages 26264 and 

26265. 

Affected Public: Education 

Institutions. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 338 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Time per 

Respondent: 20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1014. 

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. 2022–14544 Filed 7–7–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of U.S. 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

Real Property for the Development of 

Permanent Supportive Housing at the 

Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (VAMC) 

Campus in Dublin, Georgia 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an 

EUL. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Federal 

Register notice is to provide the public 

with notice that the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs intends to enter into an 

EUL of Buildings 34 and 35 on 

approximately 4.7 acres of underutilized 

land on the campus of the Carl Vinson 

VAMC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. 

Brett Simms, Executive Director, Office 

of Asset Enterprise Management, Office 

of Management, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202–632– 

7092. This is not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 38 U.S.C. 8161–8169, the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs is authorized to enter 

into an EUL for the provision of 

supportive housing for a term of up to 

75 years, if the lease is not inconsistent 

with and will not adversely affect the 

mission of VA. Consistent with this 

authority, the Secretary intends to enter 

into an EUL for the purpose of 

outleasing Buildings 34 and 35 on 

approximately 4.7 acres of underutilized 

land on the campus of the Carl Vinson 

VAMC, to develop approximately 50 

units of permanent supportive housing 

for Veterans and their families. The 

competitively selected EUL lessee/ 

developer, Dublin Veterans Residences 

Limited Partnership, will finance, 

design, develop, rehabilitate, construct, 

manage, maintain and operate housing 

for eligible homeless Veterans or 

Veterans at risk of homelessness on a 

priority placement basis. Additionally, 

the lessee/developer will be required to 

provide supportive services that guide 

Veteran residents towards long-term 

independence and self-sufficiency. 

Signing Authority: Denis McDonough, 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved 

this document on June 23, 2022, and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0747] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Application for Disability 

Compensation and Related 

Compensation Benefits 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

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40886 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 130 / Friday, July 8, 2022 / Notices 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed 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 proposed 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 September 6, 

2022. 

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. 2900–0747’’ 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. 2900–0747’’ 

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 110–389 

Section 221, 38 U.S.C. 5101. 

Title: Application for Disability 

Compensation and Related 

Compensation Benefits (VA Form 21– 

526EZ). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0747. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 21–526EZ is used 

to collect the information needed to 

process a fully developed claim for 

disability compensation and/or related 

compensation benefits. Though the law 

requires the claimant submit a 

certification in writing that states no 

additional information or evidence is 

available or needs to be submitted in 

order for the claim to be adjudicated via 

the fully developed claim program, the 

form has evolved into a standard claim 

form to be used for any benefit 

associated with disability 

compensation; to include new or initial 

claims, reopened claims, and claims for 

increase. Without this information, 

determination of entitlement would not 

be possible. 

No changes have been made to this 

form at this time. However, the 

respondent burden for VA Form 21– 

526EZ has increased due to: the number 

of receivables averaged over the past 

year, general program changes—such as 

regulatory changes, and the continuing 

improvement of VA’s electronic claims 

processing systems. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 587,815. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 17.5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,015,367. 

By direction of the Secretary: 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of 

Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14514 Filed 7–7–22; 8:45 am] 

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