48320 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 17, 2017 / Notices 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22383 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0636] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Accelerated 

Payment Verification of Completion 

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 

(VBA), 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; it includes 

the actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Attn: 

VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent through 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0636’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Department 

Clearance Officer (005R1B), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont 

Avenue NW., (Floor 5, area 368), 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–5870 

or email Cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0636’’ in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Public Law 107–103 and Public 

Law 110–181; 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521. 

Title: Accelerated Payment 

Verification of Completion, (VA Form 

22–0840). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0636. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 22–0840 allows 

VA claimants to certify that they 

received an accelerated payment and 

how such payment was used. 

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 82 FR 

151 on August 8, 2017, page 37168. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1.17 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

14. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22384 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

VA New Hampshire Vision 2025 Task 

Force; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that the VA 

New Hampshire Vision 2025 Task 

Force, which is a subcommittee of the 

Special Medical Advisory Group 

(SMAG), will meet October 31, 2017 

from 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET and 

November 1, 2017 from 8:00 a.m.–12:30 

p.m. ET at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Manchester VA Medical Center, 

718 Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104, 

Building 1, 1st Floor, Training & 

Education Room. The meeting is open to 

the public. No video or audio recording 

will be authorized without prior 

permission from the Designated Federal 

Officer. 

The purpose of the Subcommittee is 

to develop a comprehensive set of 

options and recommendations to 

develop a future vision of what VA must 

do to best meet the needs of New 

Hampshire Veterans. The 

recommendations will be reviewed by 

the SMAG and then those final 

recommendations will be forwarded to 

the Secretary and Under Secretary for 

Health for decision and action. 

The agenda may include updates 

regarding focus groups, data review, and 

health care delivery research for various 

service lines and greater New 

Hampshire health care market. No time 

will be allocated at this meeting for 

receiving oral presentations from the 

public. However, the public may submit 

written statements for the 

Subcommittee’s review to Brenda Faas, 

Designated Federal Officer, Department 

of Veterans Affairs at Brenda.Faas@

va.gov, or Thomas Pasakarnis, Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer, Department 

of Veterans Affairs at 

Thomas.Pasakarnis@va.gov. Any 

member of the public wishing to attend 

the meeting or seeking additional 

information should contact Mr. 

Pasakarnis. 

Because the meeting will be held in 

a federal government building, anyone 

attending must be prepared to show a 

valid photo government issued ID. 

Please allow 15 minutes before the 

meeting begins for this process. 

Dated: October 11, 2017. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22375 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee; (Amended) Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that the 

Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee will meet on November 1–2, 

2017. The meeting will be held at 333 

John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference 

Room, in Alexandria, VA 22314 on 

November 1–2; both meeting sessions 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EST) each day 

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The 

meetings are open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on rural health care issues affecting 

Veterans. The Committee examines 

Programs and policies that impact the 

delivery of VA rural health care to 

Veterans and discusses ways to improve 

and enhance VA access to rural health 

care services for Veterans. 

The agenda will include updates from 

Department leadership, the Assistant 

Deputy Under Secretary for Health for 

Policy and Services, Director Office of 

Rural Health and Committee Chairman, 

as well as presentations on general 

health care access. 

Public comments will be received at 

4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017. 

Interested parties should contact Ms. 

Judy Bowie, via email at VRHAC@

va.gov, via fax at (202) 632–8615, or by 

mail at 810 Vermont Avenue NW. 


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