Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Mandatory Status of Dependents

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#  Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Mandatory Status of Dependents

**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, 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 and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

**DATES:**

Comments must be submitted on or before June 2, 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 *[email protected].* Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0500” in any correspondence.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email *[email protected].* Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0500” in any correspondence.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Authority:* 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.

*Title:* Mandatory Status of Dependents (VA Form 21-0538).

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-0500.

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

*Abstract:* VA Form 21-0538 is used to request certification of the status of dependents for whom additional compensation is being paid to veterans. Without this information, continued entitlement to the benefits for dependents could not be determined.

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 Volume 82 FR 13 on January 23, 2017, pages 7917 and 7918.

*Affected Public:* Individuals or Households.

*Estimated Annual Burden:* 14,083.

*Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:* 10 minutes.

*Frequency of Response:* One time.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 84,500.

By direction of the Secretary.

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,

Department Clearance Officer, Enterprise Records Service, Office of Quality and Compliance, Department of Veterans Affairs.