Department of Veterans Affairs July 5, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as authorized under the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, proposes regulations to establish the Veteran and Spouse Transitional Assistance Grant Program (VSTAGP). VA would establish grant application procedures and evaluative criteria for determining whether to issue funding to eligible organizations providing transition services to former members of the Armed Forces who were separated, retired, or discharged, as well as their spouses.