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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY:
Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA).
Notice of a modified matching
program.
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) provides notice that it
intends to conduct a recurring
computer-matching program matching
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Master Beneficiary Records (MBRs) and
the Master Files of Social Security
Number (SSN) Holders and SSN
Applications (Enumeration System)
with VA pension, compensation, and
dependency and indemnity
compensation (DIC) records. The goal of
this match is to identify beneficiaries,
who are receiving VA benefits and SSA
benefits or earned income, and to
reduce or terminate VA benefits, if
appropriate. The match will include
records of current VA beneficiaries.
DATES: Comments on this matching
program 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 new agreement will become
effective a minimum of 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 be valid for 18
months from the effective date of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted through www.Regulations.gov
or mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, (005R1A),
Washington, DC 20420. Comments
should indicate that they are submitted
in response to Verify Unearned Income
Information (DIFSLA). Comments
received will be available at
regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection or copies.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victor Hall, (202) 461–9385,
victor.hall2@va.gov, Pension and
Fiduciary Service, Front Office, Pension
and Fiduciary Service (21P),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 632–8863
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will
use this information to verify the
income information submitted by
beneficiaries in VA’s needs-based
benefit programs and adjust VA benefit
payments as prescribed by law.
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.
The VA records involved in the match
are in ‘‘Compensation, Pension and
Education and Rehabilitation Records—
VA (58 VA 21/22/28),’’ a system of
records which was first published at 41
FR 9294 (March 3, 1976), amended and
republished in its entirety at 86 FR
61858(November 8, 2021). The SSA
records consist of information from the
system of records identified as the SSA
MBR, 60–0090, and SSA Enumeration
System, 60–0058.
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 Social
Security Administration (SSA) and
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program: 38 U.S.C 5106 and
38 CFR, chapter 1, part 4 authorize VA
to enter into this CMA with SSA.
Purpose(s): To re-establish a CMA
with SSA for determining eligibility to
continue to receive benefits authorized
by the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA).
Categories of Individuals: Veterans
and beneficiaries who apply for VA
income benefits.
Categories of Records: VA will
provide SSA with an electronic file in
a format defined by SSA that contains
the necessary identifying information
for applicable beneficiaries and their
dependents. Each VA input file will
contain the following variables:
1. Social Security Number for Primary
Number Holder
2. Last Name
3. First Name
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4. Middle Name/Initial
5. Date of Birth (MMDDCCYY)
6. Sex Code (Blank)
7. VA File Number
8. Agency Code ‘‘VA’’
9. Type of Benefit
10. Veteran with Spouse Indicator
11. Payee Number
12. Type of Record
13. Verified Payment Indicator
14. Verification Indicator
15. Processing Code ‘‘212’’
16. Verification Account Number (VAN)
17. Blanks, or Multiple Request Code.
SSA will match the file against the
Enumeration System and MBR will
generate an output file with information
on the following variables for each of
VA’s records containing a verified SSN:
1. Verification Code
2. Death Indicator
3. Filler
4. Type of Benefit—Retirement (R),
Disability (D) or Survivor (S)
5. MCB (Monthly Benefit Credited)
6. MBP (Monthly Benefit Payment)
7. Medicare Deduction (SMI–B)
8. Effective Date of Monthly Social
Security Payment ‘‘CCYYMM’’
9. LAF Code (D = Deferred/withheld
money), (E = Monies paid through
Railroad Board), (C = Current Pay)
10. Type of Benefit—Retirement (R),
Disability (D) or Survivor (S)
11. MCB (Monthly Benefit Credited)
12. MBP (Monthly Benefit Payment)
13. Medicare Deduction (SMI–B)
14. Effective Date of Monthly Social
Security Payment ‘‘CCYYMM’’
15. LAF Code (D = Deferred/withheld
money), (E = Monies paid through
Railroad Board), (C = Current Pay)
16. Type of Benefit—Retirement (R),
Disability (D) or Survivor (S)
17. MCB (Monthly Benefit Credited)
18. MBP (Monthly Benefit Payment)
19. Medicare Deduction (SMI–B)
20. Effective Date of Monthly Social
Security Payment ‘‘CCYYMM’’
21. LAF Code (D = Deferred/withheld
money), (E = Monies paid through
Railroad Board), (C = Current Pay)
22. Filler
‘‘Some terms are repeated.
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: SSA will
disclose the necessary benefit
information electronically from the files
of the MBR, system of records number
60–0090, last fully published at 71 FR
1826 (January 11, 2006), amended at 72
FR 69723 (December 10, 2007), and at
78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013), 83 FR
31250–31251 (July 3, 2018) and 83 FR
54969 (November 1, 2018). SSA will
disclose SSN verification information
from the Enumeration System, system of
records number 60–0058, last fully
published at 75 FR 82121 (December 29,
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2010), amended at 78 FR 40542 (July 5,
2013), and at 79 FR 8780 (February 13,
2014), 83 FR 31250–31251 (July 3,
2018), and 83 FR 54969 (November 1,
2018).
VA 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 at 77 FR
42594 (July 19, 2012), and last amended
and republished in its entirety at 84 FR
4138 (February 14, 2019).
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. Faith Roy, Acting
Deputy Chief Information Security
Officer, Office of Information and
Technology and VA Chief Privacy
Officer, approved this document on July
11, 2022 for publication.
Dated: August 5, 2022
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Information Security, Office of Information
and Technology, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Authorization To
Disclose Personal Information to a
Third Party—Education Benefits
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments and
recommendations for the newly
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this 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 maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–NEW’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 CFR 1.526(a) and 38
CFR 1.576(b).
Title: Authorization to Disclose
Personal Information to a Third Party—
Education Benefits, VAF 22–10278.
OMB Control Number: 2900–NEW.
Type of Review: New Information
Collection (ICR).
Abstract: VA Form 22–10278 is used
to release information in its custody or
control in the following circumstances:
where the individual identifies the
particular information and consents to
its use; for the purpose for which it was
collected or a consistent purpose (i.e., a
purpose which the individual might
have reasonably expected). By law, VA
must have a claimants or beneficiary’s
written permission (an ‘‘authorization’’)
to use or give out claim or benefit
information for any purpose that is not
contained in VA’s System of Records,
58VA21/22/28 Compensation, Pension,
Education and Veteran Readiness and
Employment Records—VA. The
claimant or beneficiary may revoke the
authorization at any time, except if VA
has already acted based on the
claimant’s permission. This form is
designed to permit the beneficiary the
opportunity to authorize release of
information specific to their claim or
benefits to a designated third party.
Without this form, such information
cannot be released by VA.
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
12106 on June 6, 2022, on page 34348.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,667
hours.
DATES:
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[FR Doc No: 2022-17191]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of a modified matching program.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides notice that
it intends to conduct a recurring computer-matching program matching
Social Security Administration (SSA) Master Beneficiary Records (MBRs)
and the Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN
Applications (Enumeration System) with VA pension, compensation, and
dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) records. The goal of this
match is to identify beneficiaries, who are receiving VA benefits and
SSA benefits or earned income, and to reduce or terminate VA benefits,
if appropriate. The match will include records of current VA
beneficiaries.
DATES: Comments on this matching program 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 new
agreement will become effective a minimum of 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 be valid for 18 months
from the effective date of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through www.Regulations.gov or
mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, (005R1A),
Washington, DC 20420. Comments should indicate that they are submitted
in response to Verify Unearned Income Information (DIFSLA). Comments
received will be available at regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victor Hall, (202) 461-9385,
[email protected], Pension and Fiduciary Service, Front Office,
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21P), Department of Veterans Affairs,
810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8863
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA will use this information to verify the
income information submitted by beneficiaries in VA's needs-based
benefit programs and adjust VA benefit payments as prescribed by law.
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.
The VA records involved in the match are in ``Compensation, Pension
and Education and Rehabilitation Records--VA (58 VA 21/22/28),'' a
system of records which was first published at 41 FR 9294 (March 3,
1976), amended and republished in its entirety at 86 FR 61858(November
8, 2021). The SSA records consist of information from the system of
records identified as the SSA MBR, 60-0090, and SSA Enumeration System,
60-0058.
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 Social Security Administration (SSA)
and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: 38 U.S.C 5106 and 38
CFR, chapter 1, part 4 authorize VA to enter into this CMA with SSA.
Purpose(s): To re-establish a CMA with SSA for determining
eligibility to continue to receive benefits authorized by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Categories of Individuals: Veterans and beneficiaries who apply for
VA income benefits.
Categories of Records: VA will provide SSA with an electronic file
in a format defined by SSA that contains the necessary identifying
information for applicable beneficiaries and their dependents. Each VA
input file will contain the following variables:
1. Social Security Number for Primary Number Holder
2. Last Name
3. First Name
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4. Middle Name/Initial
5. Date of Birth (MMDDCCYY)
6. Sex Code (Blank)
7. VA File Number
8. Agency Code ``VA''
9. Type of Benefit
10. Veteran with Spouse Indicator
11. Payee Number
12. Type of Record
13. Verified Payment Indicator
14. Verification Indicator
15. Processing Code ``212''
16. Verification Account Number (VAN)
17. Blanks, or Multiple Request Code.
SSA will match the file against the Enumeration System and MBR will
generate an output file with information on the following variables for
each of VA's records containing a verified SSN:
1. Verification Code
2. Death Indicator
3. Filler
4. Type of Benefit--Retirement (R), Disability (D) or Survivor (S)
5. MCB (Monthly Benefit Credited)
6. MBP (Monthly Benefit Payment)
7. Medicare Deduction (SMI-B)
8. Effective Date of Monthly Social Security Payment ``CCYYMM''
9. LAF Code (D = Deferred/withheld money), (E = Monies paid through
Railroad Board), (C = Current Pay)
10. Type of Benefit--Retirement (R), Disability (D) or Survivor (S)
11. MCB (Monthly Benefit Credited)
12. MBP (Monthly Benefit Payment)
13. Medicare Deduction (SMI-B)
14. Effective Date of Monthly Social Security Payment ``CCYYMM''
15. LAF Code (D = Deferred/withheld money), (E = Monies paid through
Railroad Board), (C = Current Pay)
16. Type of Benefit--Retirement (R), Disability (D) or Survivor (S)
17. MCB (Monthly Benefit Credited)
18. MBP (Monthly Benefit Payment)
19. Medicare Deduction (SMI-B)
20. Effective Date of Monthly Social Security Payment ``CCYYMM''
21. LAF Code (D = Deferred/withheld money), (E = Monies paid through
Railroad Board), (C = Current Pay)
22. Filler
``Some terms are repeated.
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: SSA will disclose the necessary benefit
information electronically from the files of the MBR, system of records
number 60-0090, last fully published at 71 FR 1826 (January 11, 2006),
amended at 72 FR 69723 (December 10, 2007), and at 78 FR 40542 (July 5,
2013), 83 FR 31250-31251 (July 3, 2018) and 83 FR 54969 (November 1,
2018). SSA will disclose SSN verification information from the
Enumeration System, system of records number 60-0058, last fully
published at 75 FR 82121 (December 29, 2010), amended at 78 FR 40542
(July 5, 2013), and at 79 FR 8780 (February 13, 2014), 83 FR 31250-
31251 (July 3, 2018), and 83 FR 54969 (November 1, 2018).
VA 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 at 77 FR 42594 (July
19, 2012), and last amended and republished in its entirety at 84 FR
4138 (February 14, 2019).
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. Faith Roy,
Acting Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Information
and Technology and VA Chief Privacy Officer, approved this document on
July 11, 2022 for publication.
Dated: August 5, 2022
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Information Security,
Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-17191 Filed 8-9-22; 8:45 am]
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