Agency Information Collection (Request for a Certificate of Eligibility) Activity Under OMB Review

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#  Agency Information Collection (Request for a Certificate of Eligibility) Activity Under OMB Review

**AGENCY:**

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

**ACTION:**

Notice.

**SUMMARY:**

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), 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 August 8, 2011.

**ADDRESSES:**

Submit written comments on the collection of information through *http://www.Regulations.gov* or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0086” in any correspondence

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, fax (202) 461-0966 or e-mail *[email protected].* Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0086.”

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* Request for a Certificate of Eligibility, VA Form 26-1880.

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-0086.

*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection.

*Abstract:* The data collected on VA Form 26-1880 is used to determine a claimant's eligibility for home loan guaranty benefits. Claimants also use VA Form 26-1880 to request restoration of entitlement previously used, or a duplicate Certificate of Eligibility due to the original being lost or stolen.

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 on May 2, 2011, at pages 24568-24569.

*Affected Public:* Individuals or households.

*Estimated Annual Burden:* 62,500 hours.

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:* 15 minutes.

*Frequency of Response:* On occasion.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 250,000

By direction of the Secretary.

Dated: July 5, 2011.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.