[Federal Register: August 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 165)]
[Notices]
[Page 48989]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[No. DoD-2007-OS-0091]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and
Readiness), DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness) announces the following proposed new public information
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the proposed information
collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the information collection on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October
26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), ATTN: Lieutenant
Colonel Ronald S. Hunter, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
4000, or call at (703) 695-3176.
Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Survivor Benefit
Plan (SBP)/Reserve Component (RC) SBP Request for Deemed Election; DD
Form 2656-10, OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is
necessary to properly identify the former spouse who is eligible to
request a deemed SBP election on behalf of the member. Since a
Uniformed Services member may have more than one former spouse, the
requested information will serve to identify the correct former spouse.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Annual Burden Hours: 400.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
A former spouse who has been awarded coverage under the Survivor
Benefit Plan either by court order or written agreement, may, within
one year of such court order or written agreement submit a request to
have an election for such coverage deemed or behalf of the member. Such
request will be made by submitting the proposed form and a copy of the
court order, regular on its face, which requires such election or
incorporates, ratifies, or approves the written agreement of such
person; or a statement from the clerk of the court (or other
appropriate official) that such agreement has been filed with the court
in accordance with applicable state law.
A former spouse is not required to submit a request for a deemed
election. However, if a request for deemed election is not submitted
within one year period described in the previous paragraph and the
members fail to elect former spouse SBP coverage, no former spouse
coverage will be provided.
The proposed form, DD form 2656-10, ``Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)/
Reserve Component (RC) SBP Request for Deemed Election,'' will become
the prescribed form required for submitting such request.
Dated: August 21, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 07-4180 Filed 8-24-07; 8:45 am]
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