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Information Return Master File (IRMF),
Treasury/IRS 22.061, at 80 FR 54081–
082 (September 8, 2015).
In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of the
agreement are being sent to both Houses
of Congress and to the Office of
Management and Budget. This notice is
provided in accordance with the
provisions of Privacy Act of 1974 as
amended by Public Law 100–503.
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING
PROGRAM:
The Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, and
38 U.S.C. § 6103 authorize VA to enter
into this CMA with IRS.
PURPOSE(S):
To re-establish a CMA with IRS to
provide VBA with certain return
information needed to determine
eligibility for and amount of benefits for
VBA applicants and beneficiaries of
needs-based benefits and to adjust
income-dependent benefit payments as
prescribed by law.
VBA applicant or beneficiary and (when
applicable) of such individual’s spouse
from the Information Return Master File
(IRMF), Treasury/IRS 22.061, as
published at 80 FR 54081–082
(September 8,2015).
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 7,
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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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
Veterans and beneficiaries who apply
for VA income benefits.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
Privacy Act of 1974: Matching Program
VBA will furnish the IRS with records
in accordance with the current IRS
Publication 3373, DIFSLA Handbook.
The requests from VBA will include:
The Social Security Number (SSN) and
name Control (first four characters of the
surname) for each individual for whom
unearned income information is
requested. IRS will provide a response
record for each individual identified by
VBA. The total number of records will
be equal to or greater than the number
of records submitted by VBA. In some
instances, an individual may have more
than one record on file. When there is
a match of individual SSN and name
control, IRS will disclose the following
to VBA: Payee account number; payee
name and mailing address; payee TIN;
payer name and address; payer TIN; and
income type and amount.
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SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
VBA records involved in this match
are in ‘‘VA Compensation, Pension,
Education, and Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment
Records—VA’’ (58 VA 21/22/28), a
system of records that was first
published at 41 FR 9294 (March 3,
1976), amended and republished in its
entirety at 77 FR 42593 (July 19, 2012).
IRS will extract return information
with respect to unearned income of the
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Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice of a new computer
matching program.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
intends to conduct a recurring computer
matching program. This will match
personnel records of the Department of
Defense (DoD) with VA records of
benefit recipients under the
Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty,
Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve,
Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve
Educational Assistance Program. The
goal of these matches is to identify the
eligibility status of veterans,
servicemembers, and reservists who
have applied for or who are receiving
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. The
purpose of the match is to enable VA to
verify that individuals meet the
conditions of military service and
eligibility criteria for payment of
benefits determined by VA under the
Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty,
Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve,
Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve
Educational Assistance Program.
SUMMARY:
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Comments on this match must be
received no later than 30 days after date
of publication in the Federal Register. If
no public comment is received during
the period allowed for comment or
unless otherwise published in the
Federal Register by VA, the match will
become effective 30 days after date of
publication in the Federal Register. If
VA receives public comments, VA shall
review the comments to determine
whether any changes to the notice are
necessary. This matching program will
continue to be in effect for 18 months.
At the expiration of 18 months after the
commencing date, the Departments may
renew the agreement for another 12
months.
DATES:
Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery 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 CMA VBA/DoD MGIB. All
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 (this is not a toll-free
number) for an appointment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Patterson, Strategy, Legislative
Development and Implementation
Chief, Education Service, Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
9830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information is required by paragraph 6c
of the ‘‘Guidelines on the Conduct of
Matching Programs’’ issued by OMB (54
FR 25818), as amended by OMB
Circular A–130, 65 FR 77677 (2000).
The current matching agreement with
the Department of Defense (DoD)
expires March 27, 2018. The legal
authority to conduct this match is 38
U.S.C. 5106, which requires any Federal
department or agency to provide VA
such information as VA requests for the
purposes of determining eligibility for
benefits, or verifying other information
with respect to payment of benefits. A
copy of the notice has been provided to
both Houses of Congress and OMB. The
matching program is subject to their
review.
Participating Agencies: This computer
match is between the Department of
ADDRESSES:
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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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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974: Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of a new computer matching program.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program. This
will match personnel records of the Department of Defense (DoD) with VA
records of benefit recipients under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active
Duty, Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve, Post-9/11 GI Bill, and
Reserve Educational Assistance Program. The goal of these matches is to
identify the eligibility status of veterans, servicemembers, and
reservists who have applied for or who are receiving 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. The purpose of the match is to enable VA to verify
that individuals meet the conditions of military service and
eligibility criteria for payment of benefits determined by VA under the
Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve,
Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Reserve Educational Assistance Program.
DATES: Comments on this match must be received no later than 30 days
after date of publication in the Federal Register. If no public comment
is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise
published in the Federal Register by VA, the match will become
effective 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. If
VA receives public comments, VA shall review the comments to determine
whether any changes to the notice are necessary. This matching program
will continue to be in effect for 18 months. At the expiration of 18
months after the commencing date, the Departments may renew the
agreement for another 12 months.
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 CMA VBA/DoD MGIB. All 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 (this is not a toll-free number) for an appointment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Patterson, Strategy, Legislative
Development and Implementation Chief, Education Service, Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is required by paragraph 6c
of the ``Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs'' issued by OMB
(54 FR 25818), as amended by OMB Circular A-130, 65 FR 77677 (2000).
The current matching agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD)
expires March 27, 2018. The legal authority to conduct this match is 38
U.S.C. 5106, which requires any Federal department or agency to provide
VA such information as VA requests for the purposes of determining
eligibility for benefits, or verifying other information with respect
to payment of benefits. A copy of the notice has been provided to both
Houses of Congress and OMB. The matching program is subject to their
review.
Participating Agencies: This computer match is between the
Department of
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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 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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