# 2025-09169: Defense Department Seeks Feedback on Funeral and Burial Forms

2025-09169, Proposed Collection; Comment Request, is a Federal Register notice from Defense Department published 2025-05-22, effective 2025-07-21; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

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- As of: 2026-10-22
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09169
- Title: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Defense Department
- Citation: 90 FR 21909
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Effective: 2025-07-21
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Defense Department Seeks Feedback on Funeral and Burial Forms

## Summary

The Department of Defense wants your thoughts on a form they use to handle funeral and burial costs for service members and their families. They’re checking if the form works well and how to make it easier to fill out. If you have ideas or concerns, send them in by July 21, 2025—this helps keep support smooth and respectful without extra hassle or cost.

## Abstract

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Reimbursement for funeral and interment costs: benefit, medium. If you are the person authorized to direct disposition of a Service Member's remains (typically a family member), DD Forms 2065 and 1375 let you be reimbursed for authorized expenses incident to death. The Military Service will adjudicate the claim and process payment to the sponsor after the claim…
- Claims must include receipts and signature: cost, low. To request interment allowance payment on DD Form 1375, the claim must be signed by the claimant and include all supporting documents such as receipts for services performed or paid for. The Military Service will then adjudicate the claim and process payment to the sponsor.
- Casualty Assistance Officer helps complete forms: benefit, low. A Casualty Assistance Officer (CAO) will present DD Forms 2065 and 1375 to the sponsor and aid them in completing the forms; the CAO returns completed forms to the Service Casualty Office (SCO). This assistance is part of how sponsors (typically family members) are supported during the claims proce…
- Paperwork burden and response volume: cost, low. The collection is estimated to cover 2,450 respondents with 2,450 annual responses, an average burden of 30 minutes per response, and total annual burden hours of 1,225. Respondents are individuals or households (typically sponsors/family members).

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## Sources
- [2025-09169 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/22/2025-09169/proposed-collection-comment-request)
- [2025-09169 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-22/pdf/2025-09169.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09169 (as of 2026-10-22).