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VA RIN: 2900-AN31 Publication ID: Spring 2010 
Title: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program—Self-Employment  
Abstract: This document amends the vocational rehabilitation and employment regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) concerning self-employment for individuals with qualifying disabilities. We are making changes to conform VA's regulations for self-employment programs for veterans, and for servicemembers awaiting discharge, to statutory provisions, including provisions limiting eligibility for certain supplies, equipment, stock, and license fees to individuals with the most severe service-connected disabilities. We are also making changes in VA's regulations affecting eligibility for such assistance for certain veterans' children with birth defects in self-employment programs. In addition, we are amending our regulations regarding authority for approval of self-employment plans to make certain requirements less restrictive and less burdensome, removing a vague and overly broad requirement, making changes to reflect longstanding VA policy, and making nonsubstantive clarifying changes in our regulations affecting self-employment programs. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 21.214    38 CFR 21.254    38 CFR 21.257    38 CFR 21.258    38 CFR 21.8020   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 101    38 USC 501    38 USC 512    38 USC 1151    38 USC ch 18    38 USC ch 31    38 USC 1804    38 USC 1814    38 USC 3104    38 USC 3116    38 USC 3117    38 USC 5112   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/28/2009  74 FR 19164   
NPRM Comment Period End  06/29/2009  74 FR 19164   
Final Action  01/20/2010  75 FR 3168   
Final Action Effective  02/19/2010  75 FR 3168   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Alvin Bauman
Senior Policy Analyst, VR&E (28)
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9613
Email: alvin.bauman1@va.gov