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Veterans Affairs (VA) and the
Department of Defense (DoD).
Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program: The authority to
conduct this match is the Privacy Act,
5 U.S.C. 552a and 38 U.S.C. 3684A(a)(1).
Purpose(s): This agreement
establishes the conditions under which
the Department of Defense (DoD) agrees
to disclose information regarding
eligibility to education benefits under
the Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve
Educational Assistance Program, and
the Post-9/11 GI Bill to the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA). The purpose of
this computer matching program
between VA and DoD is to verify that
individuals meet the conditions of
military service and eligibility criteria
for payment of benefits determined by
VA under four enacted programs.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans,
Servicemembers, Reservists and
Dependents.
Categories of Records: Department of
Defense (DoD), as the source agency,
will provide to VA the eligibility
records on DoD individuals consisting
of data elements which contains specific
data relating to the requirements for
eligibility including data on member
contribution amounts, service periods,
and transfer of entitlement. VA will
match on attributes, including Social
Security Number (SSN), DoD Electronic
Data Interchange Personal Identifier
(EDIPI—or VA_ID), Date-of-Birth, Last
Name, and File Identification Number.
System(s) of Records: The records
covered include eligibility records
extracted from DoD personnel files and
benefit records that VA establishes for
all individuals who have applied for
and/or are receiving, or have received
education benefit payments under the
Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty,
Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve,
Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve
Educational Assistance Program. These
benefit records are contained in a VA
system of records identified as 58VA21/
22/28 entitled: Compensation, Pension,
Education, and Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment
Records—VA, first published in the
Federal Register at 74 FR 9294 (March
3, 1976), and last amended at 77 F42593
(July 19, 2012), and DoD updated their
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting
Systems (DEERS) 81 FR 49210 (July 27,
2016) with other amendments as cited
therein.
Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for
Privacy, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the
undersigned to sign and submit the
document to the Office of the Federal
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Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department
of Veterans Affairs. John Oswalt,
Executive Director for Privacy,
Department of Veterans Affairs
approved this document on March 19,
2018 for publication.
Dated: April 23, 2018.
Kathleen M. Manwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Privacy Information and Identity
Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and
Risk, Office of Information and Technology,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY:
Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA).
Notice of a new matching
program.
ACTION:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of
Matching Programs, notice is hereby
given that the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a
computer matching program with the
Social Security Administration (SSA).
Data from the proposed match will be
used to verify the earned income of
nonservice-connected veterans, and
those veterans who are zero percent
service-connected (noncompensable),
whose eligibility for VA medical care is
based on their inability to defray the
cost of medical care. These veterans
supply household income information
that includes their spouses and
dependents at the time of application
for VA health care benefits.
DATES: Comments on this matching
program must be received no later than
May 29, 2018. If no public comment is
received during the period allowed for
comment or unless otherwise published
in the Federal Register by VA, the new
agreement will become effective a
minimum of 30 days after date of
publication in the Federal Register or
April 9, 2018, whichever is later. If VA
receives public comments, VA shall
review the comments to determine
whether any changes to the notice are
necessary. This matching program will
be valid for 18 months from the effective
date of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to Director, Regulation Policy
SUMMARY:
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and Management (00REG), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.
NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC
20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (not
a toll-free number). Comments should
indicate that they are submitted in
response to SSA–VA/VHA CMA #1052.
Copies of comments received will be
available for public inspection in the
Office of Regulation Policy and
Management, Room 1063B, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except
holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for
an appointment. (This is not a toll-free
number.) In addition, comments may be
viewed online at www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LeRoy F. Garcia, Acting Director, Health
Eligibility Center (HEC), (404) 848–5300
(this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Veterans Affairs has
statutory authorization under 38 U.S.C.
5317, 38 U.S.C. 5106, 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7)(D)(viii) and 5 U.S.C. 552a to
establish matching agreements and
request and use income information
from other agencies for purposes of
verification of income for determining
eligibility for benefits. 38 U.S.C.
1710(a)(2)(G), 1710(a)(3), and 1710(b)
identify those veterans whose basic
eligibility for medical care benefits is
dependent upon their financial status.
Eligibility for nonservice-connected and
zero percent noncompensable serviceconnected veterans is determined based
on the veteran’s inability to defray the
expenses for necessary care as defined
in 38 U.S.C. 1722. This determination
can affect their responsibility to
participate in the cost of their care
through copayments and their
assignment to an enrollment priority
group. The goal of this match is to
obtain SSA earned income information
data needed for the income verification
process. The VA records involved in the
match are ‘‘Enrollment and Eligibility
Records—VA’’ (147VA16). The SSA
records are from the Earnings Recording
and Self-Employment Income System,
SSA/OEEAS 09–60–0059 and Master
Files of Social Security Number Holders
and SSN Applications, SSA/OEEAS,
60–0058, (referred to as ‘‘the
Numident’’). A copy of this notice has
been sent to both Houses of Congress
and OMB.
Participating Agencies: The Social
Security Administration is the source
agency, and the Department of Veterans
Affairs is the recipient agency.
Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program: Public Law 101–508,
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as
amended, and Public Law 104–262,
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Veterans Health Care Amendments Act,
grant VA the authority to verify income
data furnished by certain veteran
applicants. This agreement is executed
under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 United
States Code (U.S.C.) 552a, as amended
by the Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act of 1988, and the
regulations and guidance promulgated
thereunder. Legal authority for the
disclosures under this agreement is 38
U.S.C. 5106 and 5317, and 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7)(D)(viii). Under 38 U.S.C.
1710, VA/VHA has a statutory
obligation to collect income information
from certain applicants for medical care
and to use that income data to
determine the appropriate eligibility
category for the applicant’s medical
care. 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) authorizes the
disclosure of tax return information
with respect to net earnings from selfemployment and wages, as defined by
relevant sections of the Internal
Revenue Code (IRC), to Federal, state,
and local agencies administering certain
benefit programs under Title 38 of the
U.S.C.
Purpose(s): This computer matching
agreement sets forth the terms,
conditions, and safeguards under which
SSA will disclose tax return information
to VA, Veterans Health Administration
(VHA) to be used to verify Veteran’s
employment status and earnings to
determine eligibility for its health
benefit programs.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans
who have applied for or have received
VA health care benefits under Title 38,
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United States Code, Chapter 17;
Veterans’ spouses and other dependents
as provided for in other provisions of
Title 38, United States Code.
Categories of Records: Federal Tax
Information (FTI) and social security
information generated as a result of
computer matching activity with
records from the IRS and SSA. The
records may also include, but are not
limited to, correspondence between
HEC, Veterans, their family members,
and Veterans’ representatives such as
Veterans Service Officers (VSO); copies
of death certificates; Notice of
Separation; disability award letters; IRS
documents (e.g., Form 1040s, Form
1099s, W–2s); workers compensation
forms; and various annual earnings
statements, as well as pay stubs and
miscellaneous receipts.
System(s) of Records: SSA will
initially access and verify submitted
SSNs through the Master Files of Social
Security Number Holders and SSN
Applications, 60–0058, (the
Enumeration System), last fully
published on December 29, 2010 (75 FR
82121), and amended on July 5, 2013
(78 FR 40542), and February 13, 2014
(79 FR 8780) for verification purposes.
SSA will subsequently run those
verified SSNs against systems records to
extract and disclose the necessary tax
return information from the Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income
System, 60–0059, last fully published
on January 11, 2006 (71 FR 1819), and
amended on July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542).
VA/VHA will match SSA information
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with information extracted from its
system of records (SOR) ‘‘Income
Verification Records—VA’’
(89VA10NB). Routine use nineteen (19)
permits VA/VHA to disclose identifying
information, including SSNs,
concerning veterans, their spouses, and
dependents of veterans to Federal
agencies for purposes of conducting
computer matches to determine or
verify eligibility of certain veterans who
are receiving VA/VHA medical care
under Title 38 of the U.S.C. The SORs
involved in this computer matching
program have routine uses permitting
the disclosures needed to conduct this
match.
Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for
Privacy, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the
undersigned to sign and submit the
document to the Office of the Federal
Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department
of Veterans Affairs. John Oswalt,
Executive Director for Privacy,
Department of Veterans Affairs
approved this document on March 19,
2018 for publication.
Dated: April 23, 2018.
Kathleen M. Mazwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Privacy Information and Identity
Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and
Risk, Office of Information and Technology,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on
the Conduct of Matching Programs, notice is hereby given that the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a computer
matching program with the Social Security Administration (SSA). Data
from the proposed match will be used to verify the earned income of
nonservice-connected veterans, and those veterans who are zero percent
service-connected (noncompensable), whose eligibility for VA medical
care is based on their inability to defray the cost of medical care.
These veterans supply household income information that includes their
spouses and dependents at the time of application for VA health care
benefits.
DATES: Comments on this matching program must be received no later than
May 29, 2018. If no public comment is received during the period
allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the Federal
Register by VA, the new agreement will become effective a minimum of 30
days after date of publication in the Federal Register or April 9,
2018, whichever is later. If VA receives public comments, VA shall
review the comments to determine whether any changes to the notice are
necessary. This matching program will be valid for 18 months from the
effective date of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to Director, Regulation
Policy and Management (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Ave. NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202)
273-9026 (not a toll-free number). Comments should indicate that they
are submitted in response to SSA-VA/VHA CMA #1052. Copies of comments
received will be available for public inspection in the Office of
Regulation Policy and Management, Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays). Please
call (202) 461-4902 for an appointment. (This is not a toll-free
number.) In addition, comments may be viewed online at
www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LeRoy F. Garcia, Acting Director,
Health Eligibility Center (HEC), (404) 848-5300 (this is not a toll
free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Veterans Affairs has
statutory authorization under 38 U.S.C. 5317, 38 U.S.C. 5106, 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7)(D)(viii) and 5 U.S.C. 552a to establish matching agreements
and request and use income information from other agencies for purposes
of verification of income for determining eligibility for benefits. 38
U.S.C. 1710(a)(2)(G), 1710(a)(3), and 1710(b) identify those veterans
whose basic eligibility for medical care benefits is dependent upon
their financial status. Eligibility for nonservice-connected and zero
percent noncompensable service-connected veterans is determined based
on the veteran's inability to defray the expenses for necessary care as
defined in 38 U.S.C. 1722. This determination can affect their
responsibility to participate in the cost of their care through
copayments and their assignment to an enrollment priority group. The
goal of this match is to obtain SSA earned income information data
needed for the income verification process. The VA records involved in
the match are ``Enrollment and Eligibility Records--VA'' (147VA16). The
SSA records are from the Earnings Recording and Self-Employment Income
System, SSA/OEEAS 09-60-0059 and Master Files of Social Security Number
Holders and SSN Applications, SSA/OEEAS, 60-0058, (referred to as ``the
Numident''). A copy of this notice has been sent to both Houses of
Congress and OMB.
Participating Agencies: The Social Security Administration is the
source agency, and the Department of Veterans Affairs is the recipient
agency.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: Public Law 101-508,
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended, and Public Law 104-262,
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Veterans Health Care Amendments Act, grant VA the authority to verify
income data furnished by certain veteran applicants. This agreement is
executed under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 United States Code (U.S.C.)
552a, as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of
1988, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder. Legal
authority for the disclosures under this agreement is 38 U.S.C. 5106
and 5317, and 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(D)(viii). Under 38 U.S.C. 1710, VA/
VHA has a statutory obligation to collect income information from
certain applicants for medical care and to use that income data to
determine the appropriate eligibility category for the applicant's
medical care. 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) authorizes the disclosure of tax
return information with respect to net earnings from self-employment
and wages, as defined by relevant sections of the Internal Revenue Code
(IRC), to Federal, state, and local agencies administering certain
benefit programs under Title 38 of the U.S.C.
Purpose(s): This computer matching agreement sets forth the terms,
conditions, and safeguards under which SSA will disclose tax return
information to VA, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to be used to
verify Veteran's employment status and earnings to determine
eligibility for its health benefit programs.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans who have applied for or have
received VA health care benefits under Title 38, United States Code,
Chapter 17; Veterans' spouses and other dependents as provided for in
other provisions of Title 38, United States Code.
Categories of Records: Federal Tax Information (FTI) and social
security information generated as a result of computer matching
activity with records from the IRS and SSA. The records may also
include, but are not limited to, correspondence between HEC, Veterans,
their family members, and Veterans' representatives such as Veterans
Service Officers (VSO); copies of death certificates; Notice of
Separation; disability award letters; IRS documents (e.g., Form 1040s,
Form 1099s, W-2s); workers compensation forms; and various annual
earnings statements, as well as pay stubs and miscellaneous receipts.
System(s) of Records: SSA will initially access and verify
submitted SSNs through the Master Files of Social Security Number
Holders and SSN Applications, 60-0058, (the Enumeration System), last
fully published on December 29, 2010 (75 FR 82121), and amended on July
5, 2013 (78 FR 40542), and February 13, 2014 (79 FR 8780) for
verification purposes. SSA will subsequently run those verified SSNs
against systems records to extract and disclose the necessary tax
return information from the Earnings Recording and Self-Employment
Income System, 60-0059, last fully published on January 11, 2006 (71 FR
1819), and amended on July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542). VA/VHA will match SSA
information with information extracted from its system of records (SOR)
``Income Verification Records--VA'' (89VA10NB). Routine use nineteen
(19) permits VA/VHA to disclose identifying information, including
SSNs, concerning veterans, their spouses, and dependents of veterans to
Federal agencies for purposes of conducting computer matches to
determine or verify eligibility of certain veterans who are receiving
VA/VHA medical care under Title 38 of the U.S.C. The SORs involved in
this computer matching program have routine uses permitting the
disclosures needed to conduct this match.
Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for Privacy, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. John
Oswalt, Executive Director for Privacy, Department of Veterans Affairs
approved this document on March 19, 2018 for publication.
Dated: April 23, 2018.
Kathleen M. Mazwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Privacy Information and
Identity Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, Office of
Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-08746 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am]
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