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Dated: April 14, 2023.
Frederick E. Pietrangeli,
Director, (for Office of Debt Management).
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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 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 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’
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employment status and earnings to
determine eligibility for its health
benefit programs.
DATES: Comments on this matching
program must be received no later than
May 19, 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 Internal
Revenue Services and The Department
of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health
Administration. Comments received
will be available at 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:
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 IRS
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 Internal Revenue Services
(IRS)
Authority for Conducting the Matching
Program
The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), 26
U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(B), authorizes the IRS
to disclose return information with
respect to unearned income, as defined
by relevant sections of the IRC, to VHA
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for the purposes or administering
certain health care programs under
sections 1710(a)(2)(G), 1710(a)(3), and
1710(b) of Title 38, United States Code
(U.S.C). The authority for VHA to enter
into this matching program with IRS is
contained in 38 U.S. C. 5317. VHA has
a statutory obligation to collect income
information from certain applicants for
benefits and to use that income data to
determine the applicant’s eligibility for
the benefits sought.
Purpose(s)
This computer matching agreement
sets forth the terms, conditions, and
safeguards under which the Internal
Revenue Services (IRS) 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 IRS with the
following information for each
individual for whom VA/VHA requests
tax return information: SSN and the
Name Control (first four characters of
the surname) in accordance with the
current IRS Publication 3373, Disclosure
of Information to Federal, State, and
Local Agencies Handbook. The IRS will
then disclose, when there is a match of
individual identifier, to the VHA the:
payee account number, payee name and
mailing address, payee Tax
Identification Number (TIN), payer TIN
number, payer name and address, and
the income type and amount.
System(s) of Records
VHA will provide the IRS with
identifying information with respect to
applicants for and recipients of benefits
available under programs cited in
Article I.B. of this Agreement from
VHA’s System of Records entitled
‘‘Income Verification Records—VA’’
(89VA10NB) (Routine use nineteen
(19)), as published at 73 FR 26192 (May
8, 2008), and updated at 78 FR 76897
(December 19, 2013). IRS will extract
return information with respect to
unearned income from the Information
Return Master File (IRMF), Treas/IRS
22.061, as published at 80 FR 54081
(September 8, 2015), through the
Disclosure of Information to Federal,
State and Local Agencies (DIFSLA)
Program.
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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
March 10, 2023 for publication.
Dated: April 14, 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
[OMB Control No. 2900–0799]
Agency Information Collection
Activity: Casket and Urn Allowance
National Cemetery
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Cemetery
Administration (NCA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
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collection and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice. This
notice solicits comments on the
information needed that implements
statutory authority for NCA to provide
an allowance for the purchase of caskets
and urns for the interment of the
remains of Veterans without next of kin
(NOK) or sufficient resources available
for burial.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Brian Hurley, National Cemetery
Administration (42E), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to
Brian.Hurley1@va.gov. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0799’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
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. 2900–0799’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, NCA invites
comments on: (1) whether the proposed
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collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of NCA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of NCA’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2306; 38 CFR
38.628.
Title: Casket/Urn Allowance, VA
Form 40–10088.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0799.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Department of Veterans
Affairs, National Cemetery
Administration has established VA
regulations to implement statutory
authority for NCA to provide allowance
for the purchase of caskets and urns for
the interment of the remains of Veterans
without next of kin and sufficient
resources available for burial.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 56 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
336.
By direction of the Secretary.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.), 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).
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 Internal Revenue Services
(IRS) 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
May 19, 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 Internal Revenue
Services and The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health
Administration. Comments received will be available at 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
IRS 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 Internal Revenue Services (IRS)
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(B),
authorizes the IRS to disclose return information with respect to
unearned income, as defined by relevant sections of the IRC, to VHA for
the purposes or administering certain health care programs under
sections 1710(a)(2)(G), 1710(a)(3), and 1710(b) of Title 38, United
States Code (U.S.C). The authority for VHA to enter into this matching
program with IRS is contained in 38 U.S. C. 5317. VHA has a statutory
obligation to collect income information from certain applicants for
benefits and to use that income data to determine the applicant's
eligibility for the benefits sought.
Purpose(s)
This computer matching agreement sets forth the terms, conditions,
and safeguards under which the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 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 IRS with the following information for each
individual for whom VA/VHA requests tax return information: SSN and the
Name Control (first four characters of the surname) in accordance with
the current IRS Publication 3373, Disclosure of Information to Federal,
State, and Local Agencies Handbook. The IRS will then disclose, when
there is a match of individual identifier, to the VHA the: payee
account number, payee name and mailing address, payee Tax
Identification Number (TIN), payer TIN number, payer name and address,
and the income type and amount.
System(s) of Records
VHA will provide the IRS with identifying information with respect
to applicants for and recipients of benefits available under programs
cited in Article I.B. of this Agreement from VHA's System of Records
entitled ``Income Verification Records--VA'' (89VA10NB) (Routine use
nineteen (19)), as published at 73 FR 26192 (May 8, 2008), and updated
at 78 FR 76897 (December 19, 2013). IRS will extract return information
with respect to unearned income from the Information Return Master File
(IRMF), Treas/IRS 22.061, as published at 80 FR 54081 (September 8,
2015), through the Disclosure of Information to Federal, State and
Local Agencies (DIFSLA) Program.
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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 March 10, 2023
for publication.
Dated: April 14, 2023.
Amy L. Rose,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office of Information Security,
Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-08234 Filed 4-18-23; 8:45 am]
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