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2023 Retail
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Insurance—Traumatic Injury Protection
(TSGLI) Application for TSGLI Benefits
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the Department of Veterans Affairs to
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request information in order to
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Executive Secretary, United States Mint.
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Agency Information Collection Activity
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1980A and 38 CFR 9.20.
Group Life Insurance—Traumatic
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Injury Protection (TSGLI) Application
Department of Veterans Affairs to
for TSGLI Benefits and TSGLI Appeal
request information in order to
Request Form
adjudicate TSGLI appeals for benefits.
The form is filled out by members or
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans former members of the uniformed
services who have suffered a traumatic
Affairs.
injury while in service and had their
ACTION: Notice.
TSGLI claim disapproved. The form is
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1980A and 38
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
CFR 9.20.
1995, this notice announces that the
An agency may not conduct or
Veterans Benefits Administration,
sponsor, and a person is not required to
Department of Veterans Affairs, will
respond to a collection of information
submit the collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
abstracted below to the Office of
control number. The Federal Register
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Notice with a 60-day comment period
review and comment. The PRA
soliciting comments on this collection
submission describes the nature of the
of information was published at: 87 FR
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Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 190 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One per year.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
758.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, 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 re-establishment for
a matching program.
ACTION:
This computer matching
agreement sets forth the terms,
conditions, and safeguards under which
the Social Security Administration
(SSA) will disclose tax return
information to the Department of
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health
Administration (VA/VHA). VA/VHA
will use the tax return information to
verify veterans’ employment status and
earnings to determine eligibility for its
health benefit programs.
DATES: Comments on this matching
program must be received no later than
April 3, 2023. 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 Computer Matching
Agreement Between The Social Security
Administration and The Department of
Veterans Affairs Veterans Health
Administration, Match #1052.
Comments received will be available at
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stacey Echols, Director, Health
Eligibility Center VHA Member
Services, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 2957 Clairmont Rd. NE, Suite
200 Atlanta, GA 30329, Email:
stacey.echols@va.gov Telephone: 404–
828–5303.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Health Eligibility Center (HEC) verifies
the self-reported income of certain
veterans whose eligibility for medical
care is based on income level. HEC is an
entity within the VHA, Member
Services. ‘‘Tax return information,’’ for
purposes of this agreement, means
SSA’s records obtained under the
authority of 26 U.S.C. 6103 concerning
the amount of an individual’s earnings
from wages or self-employment income,
the period(s) involved, and the
identities and addresses of employers.
Participating Agencies: Department of
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health
Administration (VA/VHA) and Social
Security Administration (SSA).
Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program: 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, and relevant
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
(IRC), 26 U.S.C. 6103. The legal
authorities for SSA to conduct this
computer matching are sections 38
U.S.C. 5106, 5317, 1710, and 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7)(D)(viii). 38 U.S.C. 5106 and
5317 requires Federal agencies to
furnish VA with information the VA
Secretary may request for determining
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eligibility for or the amount of VA
benefits. 38 U.S.C. 1710 requires VA/
VHA 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 IRC
sections, to Federal, state, and local
agencies administering certain benefit
programs under Title 38 of the U.S.C.
7213 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
provides SSA authority to add a death
indicator to verification routines that
the agency determines to be appropriate.
Purpose(s): This computer matching
agreement sets forth the terms,
conditions, and safeguards under which
the Social Security Administration
(SSA) will disclose tax return
information to the Department of
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health
Administration (VA/VHA). VA/VHA
will use the tax return information to
verify veterans’ employment status and
earnings to determine eligibility for its
health benefit programs.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans
applying for VA Health Care Benefits.
Categories of Records: VA/VHA will
provide SSA with the following
information for each individual for
whom VA/VHA requests tax return
information: first name, last name, SSN,
and date of birth (DOB). VA will not
include the individual’s gender/sex in
the finder file it submits to SSA. VA/
VHA will provide the requested tax
report year for which data is being
requested.
System(S) of Records: SSA will match
the data in VA/VHA’s electronic file
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with SSA Enumeration data from the
Master Files of SSN Holders and SSN
Applications (referred to as the
Enumeration System), 60–0058, last
fully published at 87 FR 263 (January 4,
2022). SSA will subsequently run those
verified SSNs against the Earnings
Recording and Self-Employment Income
System (referred to as the Master
Earnings File (MEF)), 60–0059, last fully
published at 71 FR 1819 (January 11,
2006) and amended at 78 FR 40542 (July
5, 2013) and 83 FR 54969 (November 1,
2018) to extract and disclose the needed
tax return information to VA/VHA. VA/
VHA will match SSA information with
information extracted from its system of
records ‘‘Income Verification Records—
VA’’ (89VA10NB). The information in
these systems of records may be
updated during the effective period of
this agreement as required by the
Privacy Act.
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, Chief
Privacy Officer and Chair of the Data
Integrity Board, Department of Veterans
Affairs approved this document on
January 24, 2023 for publication.
Dated: February 28, 2023.
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
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of a re-establishment for a matching program.
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SUMMARY: This computer matching agreement sets forth the terms,
conditions, and safeguards under which the Social Security
Administration (SSA) will disclose tax return information to the
Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VA/
VHA). VA/VHA will use the tax return information to verify veterans'
employment status and earnings to determine eligibility for its health
benefit programs.
DATES: Comments on this matching program must be received no later than
April 3, 2023. 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 Computer Matching Agreement Between The Social Security
Administration and The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health
Administration, Match #1052. Comments received will be available at
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regulations.gov for public viewing, inspection or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Echols, Director, Health
Eligibility Center VHA Member Services, Department of Veterans Affairs,
2957 Clairmont Rd. NE, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30329, Email:
[email protected] Telephone: 404-828-5303.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Health Eligibility Center (HEC) verifies
the self-reported income of certain veterans whose eligibility for
medical care is based on income level. HEC is an entity within the VHA,
Member Services. ``Tax return information,'' for purposes of this
agreement, means SSA's records obtained under the authority of 26
U.S.C. 6103 concerning the amount of an individual's earnings from
wages or self-employment income, the period(s) involved, and the
identities and addresses of employers.
Participating Agencies: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans
Health Administration (VA/VHA) and Social Security Administration
(SSA).
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: 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, and
relevant provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), 26 U.S.C. 6103.
The legal authorities for SSA to conduct this computer matching are
sections 38 U.S.C. 5106, 5317, 1710, and 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(D)(viii).
38 U.S.C. 5106 and 5317 requires Federal agencies to furnish VA with
information the VA Secretary may request for determining eligibility
for or the amount of VA benefits. 38 U.S.C. 1710 requires VA/VHA 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 IRC
sections, to Federal, state, and local agencies administering certain
benefit programs under Title 38 of the U.S.C. 7213 of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 provides SSA authority to
add a death indicator to verification routines that the agency
determines to be appropriate.
Purpose(s): This computer matching agreement sets forth the terms,
conditions, and safeguards under which the Social Security
Administration (SSA) will disclose tax return information to the
Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VA/
VHA). VA/VHA will use the tax return information to verify veterans'
employment status and earnings to determine eligibility for its health
benefit programs.
Categories of Individuals: Veterans applying for VA Health Care
Benefits.
Categories of Records: VA/VHA will provide SSA with the following
information for each individual for whom VA/VHA requests tax return
information: first name, last name, SSN, and date of birth (DOB). VA
will not include the individual's gender/sex in the finder file it
submits to SSA. VA/VHA will provide the requested tax report year for
which data is being requested.
System(S) of Records: SSA will match the data in VA/VHA's
electronic file with SSA Enumeration data from the Master Files of SSN
Holders and SSN Applications (referred to as the Enumeration System),
60-0058, last fully published at 87 FR 263 (January 4, 2022). SSA will
subsequently run those verified SSNs against the Earnings Recording and
Self-Employment Income System (referred to as the Master Earnings File
(MEF)), 60-0059, last fully published at 71 FR 1819 (January 11, 2006)
and amended at 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013) and 83 FR 54969 (November 1,
2018) to extract and disclose the needed tax return information to VA/
VHA. VA/VHA will match SSA information with information extracted from
its system of records ``Income Verification Records--VA'' (89VA10NB).
The information in these systems of records may be updated during the
effective period of this agreement as required by the Privacy Act.
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, Chief Privacy Officer and Chair of the Data Integrity Board,
Department of Veterans Affairs approved this document on January 24,
2023 for publication.
Dated: February 28, 2023.
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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