Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Death Gratuity, 31036-31037 [2023-10223]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31036-31037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10223]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Death Gratuity

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before June 14, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008, Public Law 110-181, was enacted on January 28, 2008. 
Section 1105 of Public Law 110-181 amended the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act (FECA) creating a new section, 5 U.S.C. 8102a 
effective upon enactment. This section establishes a FECA death 
gratuity benefit of up to $100,000 for eligible beneficiaries of 
Federal employees and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality employees 
who die from injuries incurred in connection with service with an Armed 
Force in a contingency operation which also permits agencies to 
authorize retroactive payment of the death gratuity for employees who 
died on or after October 7, 2001 in service with an Armed Force in the 
theater of operations of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom. It also allows Federal employees to vary the order of 
precedence of beneficiaries or to name alternate beneficiaries and 
provides that the OWCP Forms CA-40, CA-41, and CA-42 are to be used to 
designate beneficiaries and initiate the payment process for death 
gratuity benefits. Form CA-40 is an optional form that requests the 
information necessary from the employee to accomplish this variance and 
to name alternate beneficiaries only if the employee wishes to do so. 
Form CA-41 provides the means for those named beneficiaries and 
possible recipients to file claims for those benefits and requests 
information from such claimants so that OWCP may determine their 
eligibility for payment. Further, the statute and regulations require 
agencies to notify OWCP immediately upon the death of a covered 
employee. CA-42 provides the means to accomplish this notification and 
requests information necessary to administer any claim for benefits 
resulting from such a death. For additional substantive information 
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal 
Register on January 30, 2023 (88 FR 5925).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-OWCP.
    Title of Collection: Death Gratuity.
    OMB Control Number: 1240-0017.
    Affected Public: Private sector--individuals or households, Federal 
Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses:3.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).)

Nicole Bouchet,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-10223 Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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