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, 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 and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by October 17, 2025.

**ADDRESSES:**

To submit comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection, please type the following link into your browser: *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,* select “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments”, then search the list for the information collection by Title or “OMB Control No. 2900-0918.”

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

*VA PRA information:* Dorothy Glasgow, (202) 461-1084, *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

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

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-0918 *https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch.*

*Type of Review:* Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

*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. 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 90 FR 31582, July 14, 2025.

*Affected Public:* Individuals or Households.

*Estimated Annual Burden:* 417 hours.

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:* 10 minutes.

*Frequency of Response: example:* On occasion.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 2,500.

*Authority:* 44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.*

Dorothy Glasgow,

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