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OMB Control No: 2900-0178	ICR Reference No: 202409-2900-011
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-2900-002
Agency/Subagency: VA	Agency Tracking No: VBA-EDU-YA
Title: Monthly Certification of On-The-Job and Apprenticeship Training (VA Forms 22-6553d & 22-6553d-1)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/16/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/09/2024
Terms of Clearance: OMB is approving this information collection request for a period of three years during which time the agency will request approval to extend or revise the collection if the agency seeks to continue the information collection activity beyond the period approved under this action.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2025
Responses	19,670	0	107,397
Time Burden (Hours)	39,340	0	214,794
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 38 USC 3687 Name of Law: Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
   US Code: 38 USC 3233 Name of Law: Apprenticeship and other on-job training
   US Code: 10 USC 16131 Name of Law: Educational assitance program: establishment; amount
   PL: Pub.L. 96 - 342 903 Name of Law: Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 314 531 Name of Law: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003
   PL: Pub.L. 108 - 375 527 Name of Law: Ronald W. Reagan National Defense
   PL: Pub.L. 108 - 454 104 Name of Law: Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004
   US Code: 38 USC 3680(c) Name of Law: (c) Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
   US Code: 38 USC 3032(c) Name of Law: Limitations on Educational Assistance for certain individuals
   US Code: 38 USC 3002(3)(C) Name of Law: Definitions
   US Code: 38 USC 3484 Name of Law: Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
   US Code: 38 USC 3534(a) Name of Law: (a) Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	19,670	107,397	-87,727
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	39,340	214,794	-175,454
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The burden has significantly decreased based on the number of decreased data instruments received for calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023. There was only an average of 19,670 monthly certifications received for these periods.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $213,485

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Maribel Aponte 202 266-4688 maribel.aponte@va.gov

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