Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) Policy Maintenance Application

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#  Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) Policy Maintenance Application

**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 and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

**DATES:**

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-NEW.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266-4688 or email *[email protected].* Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-NEW” in any correspondence.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

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

*Title:* Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) Policy Maintenance Application, VA Form 29-10279.

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-NEW.

*Type of Review:* New Collection (Request for a New OMB Control Number).

*Abstract:* This form is used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow authorized agents (Guardian, POA, VA Fiduciary) to update information on a Veteran's VALife policy. The form is authorized by 38 U.S.C., Section 1922.

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 38834 on June 29, 2022, pages 38834 and 38835.

*Affected Public:* Individuals or Households.

*Estimated Annual Burden:* 417 hours.

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:* 10 minutes.

*Frequency of Response:* On occasion.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 2,500.

By direction of the Secretary.

Maribel Aponte,

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.