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Agency Information Collection Activity: Architect-Engineer Fee Proposal and Contractor Production Report
Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Service, Office of Procurement Policy, Systems and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: CHAMPVA Benefits-Application, Claim, Other Health Insurance, Potential Liability & Miscellaneous Expenses
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 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.
Determining Eligibility for Domiciliary Care
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with minor changes, a proposed rule amending its medical and State Veterans Home (State home) regulations to update the criteria used by VA in determining eligibility for domiciliary care and to implement VA's authority to waive certain eligibility requirements for receipt of State home domiciliary care per diem.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion, and Specially Adaptive Housing Assistive Technology Grants Criteria and Responses
Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Fee Reasonableness Reviews; Effect of Loss of Accreditation on Direct Payment
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to address its process for reviewing, determining, and allocating reasonable fees for claim representation, and to address the effect on direct payment of the termination of a claims agent's or attorney's VA accreditation.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Designation of Beneficiary-Government Life Insurance and Supplemental Designation of Beneficiary-Government Life Insurance
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Request Fork Approval of School Attendance and School Attendance Report
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.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Suspension of Monthly Check
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 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.
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
This is an 18-month re-establishment computer matching agreement (CMA) with the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), regarding Veterans who are in drilling status and also in receipt of compensation or pension benefits. The purpose of this CMA is to re-establish the agreement between VA, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the DoD, Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). DoD will disclose information about individuals who are in drill pay status. VBA will use this information as a match for recipients of Compensation and Pension benefits for adjustments of awards.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modifying the system of records titled, "VA Child Care Subsidy Program Records-VA" (165VA05CCSP). This system contains the records used by the Child Care Records Management System (CCRMS) which provides a mechanism for online application processing; subsidy benefit requests; and the tracking, filing, retrieving, and storing of documents.
Public Availability of the Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Service Contract Inventory Analysis Report
In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is notifying the public of the availability of the VA FY 2021 Service Contract Inventory Analysis Report and the associated inventory. The report discusses the methodology, analysis, and special interest functions studied from the FY 2021 inventory. The inventory provides information on service contracts over $150,000. VA developed the analysis report and the inventory in accordance with guidance the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) issued on November 5, 2010, and updated on December 19, 2011. OFPP's guidance is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ management/office-federal-procurement-policy. VA posted the VA FY 2021 Service Contract Inventory Analysis Report and a link to the associated inventory is on the VA Office of Acquisition and Logistics website at https://www.va.gov/oal/business/pps/scaInventory.asp.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Request for Substitution of Claimant Upon Death of Claimant
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 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.
Agency Information Collection Activity: VBA Contractor Background Investigation Request and VBA Affiliate Background Investigation Request
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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 proposed new collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Child Care Provider Information-For the Child Care Subsidy Program
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Human Resources and Administration/ Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), 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.
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Cost of Living Adjustments
As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hereby giving notice of Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) in certain benefit rates. These COLAs affect the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Program. The rate of the adjustment is tied to the increase in Social Security benefits, effective December 1, 2023, as announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA has announced an increase of 3.2%.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans Child Care Assistance Program (VCAP)
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 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.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Child Care Provider Information-For the Child Care Subsidy Program (VA Form 0730b); Withdrawal
On Friday, September 13, 2024, The Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), VA, published a notice in the Federal Register announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection Child Care Provider InformationFor the Child Care Subsidy Program (VA Form 0730B). This notice was published in error; therefore, this document corrects that error by withdrawing this FR notice, document number 2024-20802.
Improving Accreditation Process and Strengthening Legal Education Requirements for Accredited Agents and Attorneys
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend its regulations concerning accreditation of agents (also referred to as "claims agents") and attorneys authorized to assist claimants with the preparation presentation and prosecution of claims for VA benefits to strengthen initial and continuing legal education (CLE) requirements for accredited agents and attorneys and to improve the efficiency of VA's process of accrediting agents and attorneys and the administration of the accreditation program.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Pre and Post Independent Living Assessment
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefit Administration, 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.
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
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.
Agency Information Collection Activity: VA Request for Determination of Reasonable Value
Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Outer Burial Receptacles
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is revising its regulation that governs the outer burial receptacle (OBR) monetary allowance for burials in a VA national cemetery when a privately purchased OBR is used in lieu of a Government-furnished graveliner. First, VA is expanding applicability of the monetary allowance to burials in VA grant-funded State and Tribal cemeteries when a privately purchased OBR was used, or where an OBR is placed at the time of interment, at the cost of the State or Tribal organization. Second, VA is adding a provision to reimburse States and Tribal organizations for OBRs that are pre-placed as part of a new construction or expansion grant project. In addition, VA is making minor conforming revisions to its regulations governing aid for the establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries to clarify that VA will reimburse the cost of pre-placed OBRs separately from the grant award. These changes implement new authorities provided in the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020. VA also is removing retroactive provisions no longer needed because the relevant time period has passed.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Survey of Veteran Enrollees' Health and Use of Health Care
Veterans Health Administration, 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, VA is providing notice of a new matching program between VA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled "Disclosure of Information to Support the Veterans Affairs' "Seek to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Initiative."
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Application by Insured Terminally Ill Person for Accelerated Benefit
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 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.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Community Residential Care (CRC) Program-Recordkeeping, Incident Reporting, Applications
Veterans Health Administration, 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Report of General Information, Report of First Notice of Death, Report of Nursing Home or Assisted Living Information, Report of Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), Report of Non-Receipt of Payment, Report of Incarceration, Report of Month of Death
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 3, 2024.
Enhanced-Use Lease of Department of Veterans Affairs Real Property for the Development of Permanent Supportive Housing at the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System, Prescott, Arizona Campus
The purpose of this Federal Register notice is to provide the public with notice that the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to enter into an Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of Buildings 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 on approximately 3.9 acres of underutilized land on the Prescott campus of the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (VAHCS).
Agency Information Collection Activity: Request for Reimbursement of Preparatory (Prep) Course for Licensing or Certification Test
Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Notice of Performance Review Board Members
Agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register of the appointment of Performance Review Board (PRB) members. This notice announces the appointment of individuals to serve on the PRB of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Monthly Certification of On-the-Job and Apprenticeship Training
Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Legal Services for Veterans-Legal Assistance for Access to VA Programs Grant Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations to implement a new authority requiring VA to establish a pilot program to assess the feasibility of awarding grants to eligible entities to establish new legal assistance clinics or enhance existing legal assistance clinics and pro bono efforts to provide certain legal assistance to veterans and individuals who served in the Armed Forces. This rulemaking provides proposed grant program eligibility criteria, application requirements, scoring criteria, constraints on the allocation and use of grant funds, and other requirements necessary to implement the grant program.
VA Adjudication Regulations for Disability or Death Benefit Claims Based on Toxic Exposure
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend its adjudication regulations to implement provisions of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act or Act). The statute amended procedures applicable to claims based on toxic exposure and modified or established presumptions of service connection related to toxic exposure. Pursuant to the Act, VA is proposing to remove the manifestation period requirement and the minimum compensable evaluation requirement from Persian Gulf War claims based on undiagnosed illness and medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses. VA is also proposing to expand the definition of a Persian Gulf veteran; update the list of locations eligible for a presumption of exposure to toxic substances, chemicals, or airborne hazards based on service during the Persian Gulf War; and add presumptions of service connection for 23 diseases associated with exposure to toxins. To implement additional provisions of the Act, VA is also proposing to codify the procedure for determining when medical examinations and nexus opinions are required for claims that cannot be considered on a presumptive basis and the evidence establishes participation in a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA). Additional provisions of the PACT Act will be addressed in separate, future rulemakings.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Veterans Group Life Insurance
Veterans Benefits Administration(VBA), 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 proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Enhanced-Use Lease of Department of Veterans Affairs Real Property for the Development of Permanent Supportive Housing at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System-Menlo Park Division, Menlo Park, California Campus
The purpose of this Federal Register notice is to provide the public with notice that the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to enter into an enhanced-use lease (EUL) of approximately 2.1 acres of underutilized land on the campus of the VA Palo Alto Health Care SystemMenlo Park Division.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Application for Individualized Tutorial Assistance
Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Notice of Plans To Assess the Current Scientific Literature and Historical Detailed Claims Data Regarding Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Kidney Cancer
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces that it plans to conduct an assessment of the scientific literature and historical claims data to determine whether an association between military environmental exposures and certain medical conditions exists. This scientific assessment will consider the possibility of a relationship between exposure to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and kidney cancer. The population of study will include U.S. service members who may have experienced environmental and/or occupational exposures to PFAS during military service, but additional inclusion criteria will be considered during the scientific assessment. VA is soliciting public comment on the importance of completing this assessment of scientific literature and historical claims data for kidney cancer and other conditions and will also hold a public listening session.
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