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        <RIN>2900-AH88</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199804</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Veterans Affairs</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>VA</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Election of Education Benefits</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[An individual may be eligible for educational assistance under more than one of the education programs VA administers. Often the individual must elect which benefit she or he wants. Current regulations state that these elections are final once the individual negotiates a check issued under the program he or she has chosen. These regulations must be revised to allow for a different method of determining when an election is final because VA will soon begin converting from paying educational assistance with paper checks to paying these benefits electronically.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>38 CFR 21.3023</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 21.5041</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 21.7040</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 21.7540</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 USC 3562</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 USC 3221</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 USC 3033</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>10 USC 16132</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/25/1997</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>62 FR 62736</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/26/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>62 FR 62736</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/00/1998</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>William</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Susling</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>G.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <SUFFIX>Jr.</SUFFIX>
                <TITLE>Assistant Director for Policy and Program Development (225)</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2900</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of Veterans Affairs</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>VA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 273-7187</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 275-2636</FAX>
                <EMAIL>edubsusl@vba.va.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20420</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <PROCUREMENT>Not Procurement Related</PROCUREMENT>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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