Submission for OMB Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation; Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Certificates, 51169-51170 [2014-20364]
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 32,111.
Responses per Respondent: 6.
Total Responses: 192,666.
Hours per Response: 50.51.
Total Burden Hours: 9,731,560.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the FAR,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC
20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please
cite OMB Control No. 9000–0013, Cost
or Pricing Data Requirements and
Information Other Than Cost or Pricing
Data, in all correspondence.
Dated: August 22, 2014.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
Division, Office of Government-Wide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition
Policy, Office of Government-Wide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0024; Docket 2014–
0055; Sequence 15]
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Submission for OMB Review; Federal
Acquisition Regulation; Buy American
Act and Trade Agreements Certificates
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments regarding a revision to an
existing OMB clearance.
AGENCIES:
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Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat
Division (MVCB) will be submitting to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for extension and
revision of the expiration dates of the
following four information collection
requirements: 9000–0024, 9000–0025,
9000–0141 and 9000–0130. This request
also merges the four previously
approved information collections into
one (OMB Control No. 9000–0024). A
notice was published in the Federal
Register at 79 FR 32957 on June 9, 2014.
No comments were received.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
9000–0024, Buy American Act and
Trade Agreements Certificates, by any of
the following methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov.
Submit comments via the Federal
eRulemaking portal by searching the
OMB control number 9000–0024. Select
the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that
corresponds with ‘‘Information
Collection 9000–0024, Buy American
Act and Trade Agreements Certificates.
Follow the instructions provided on the
screen. Please include your name,
company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 9000–0024, Buy
American Act and Trade Agreements
Certificates’’ on your attached
document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
Flowers/IC 9000–0024, Buy American
Act and Trade Agreements Certificates.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
9000–0024, Buy American Act and
Trade Agreements Certificates, in all
correspondence related to this
collection. All comments received will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst,
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202–
219–0202 or email cecelia.davis@
gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. This information collection
requirement pertains to information that
an offeror must submit in response to
the requirements of the provisions and
clauses in FAR 52.225–2 that relate to
the following:
SUMMARY:
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* The Buy American statute (41
U.S.C. chapter 83 and E.O. 10582).
* The Trade Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 2501–2515), including the World
Trade Organization Government
Procurement Agreement and various
free trade agreements.
* The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
5) (Recovery Act).
a. 52.225–2, Buy American Certificate
((formerly OMB Control No. 9000–
0024), as prescribed in FAR 25.1101(2),
requires the offeror to identify in its
proposal supplies that do not meet the
definition of domestic end product. The
Buy American Act no longer applies to
acquisitions of commercial information
technology.
b. 52.225–4, Buy American—Free
Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act
Certificate (formerly OMB Control No.
9000–0130), as prescribed in FAR
25.1101(b)(2)(i), requires separate listing
of foreign products that are eligible
under a trade agreement, and listing of
all other foreign end products.
c. 52.225–6, Trade Agreements
Certificate (formerly OMB Control No.
9000–0025), as prescribed in FAR
25.1101(c)(2), requires the offeror to
certify that all end products are either
U.S.-made or designated country end
products, except as listed in paragraph
(b) of the provision. Offerors are not
allowed to provide other than a U.S.made or designated country end
product, unless the requirement is
waived.
d. Construction provisions and
clauses (formerly OMB Control No.
9000–0141):
• 52.225–9, Buy American Act
Construction Materials
• 52.225–10, Notice of Buy American
Act Requirement—Construction
Materials
• 52.225–11, Buy American Act
Construction Materials—Trade
Agreements
• 52.225–12, Notice of Buy American
Act Requirement—Construction
Materials under Trade Agreements
• 52.225–21, Required Use of American
Iron, Steel and Manufactured Goods—
Buy American Act—Construction
Materials
• 52.225–23, Required Use of American
Iron, Steel and Manufactured Goods—
Buy American Act—Construction
Materials Under Trade Agreements
The listed provisions and clauses, as
prescribed in FAR 25.1102(a) through
(e), provide that an offeror/contractor
requesting to use foreign construction
material due to unreasonable cost of
domestic construction material shall
provide adequate information to permit
evaluation of the request.
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Supplies:
FAR Clause 52.225–2, Buy American
Certificate (formerly OMB Control No.
9000–0024), requires the offeror to
identify in its proposal supplies that do
not meet the definition of domestic end
product. The Buy American Act no
longer applies to acquisitions of
commercial information technology.
Respondents: 3,480.
Responses per Respondent: 10.
Total Responses: 34,800.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 8,700.
FAR Clause 52.225–4, Buy
American—Free Trade Agreements—
Israeli Trade Act Certificate (formerly
OMB Control No. 9000–0130), requires
separate listing of foreign products that
are eligible under a trade agreement,
and listing of all other foreign end
products.
Respondents: 2,550.
Responses per Respondent: 10.
Total Responses: 25,550.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 6,375.
FAR Clause 52.225–6, Trade
Agreements Certificate (formerly OMB
Control No. 9000–0025), requires the
offeror to certify that all end products
are either U.S.-made or designated
country end products, except as listed
in paragraph (b) of the provision.
Offerors are not allowed to provide
other than a U.S.-made or designated
country end product, unless the
requirement is waived.
Respondents: 320.
Responses per Respondent: 3.
Total Responses: 960.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 240.
Construction provisions and clauses
(formerly OMB Control No. 9000–0141)
provide that an offeror/contractor
requesting to use foreign construction
material due to unreasonable cost of
domestic construction material shall
provide adequate information to permit
evaluation of the request.
—52.225–9, Buy American Act
Construction Materials
—52.225–10, Notice of Buy American
Act Requirements—Construction
Materials
—52.225–11, Buy American Act
Construction Materials—Trade
Agreements
—52.225–12, Notice of Buy American
Act requirements—Construction
Materials under Trade Agreements
—52.225–21, Required Use of American
Iron, Steel and Manufactured Goods—
Buy American Act—Construction
Materials
—52.225–23, Required Use of American
Iron, Steel and Manufactured Goods—
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Materials
Under Trade Agreements
Respondents: 1,000.
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Total Responses: 2,000.
Hours per Response: 2.5.
Total Burden Hours: 5,000.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the FAR,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Obtaining Copies Of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC
20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please
cite OMB Control No. 9000–0024, Buy
American Act Certificate, in all
correspondence.
Dated: August 22, 2014.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
Division, Office of Government-Wide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition
Policy, Office of Government-Wide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Interagency Task Force on
Antimicrobial Resistance (ITFAR)
Public Meeting Cancellation
current work and future direction in this
area. This meeting will be rescheduled
at a future date.
DATES: The public meeting cancelled by
this notice was to be held at the Ronald
Reagan Building and International
Trade Center in Washington, DC, on
Thursday, September 4, 2014, from 1:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Gumbis, Office of
Antimicrobial Resistance, National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE., Mailstop A–28, Atlanta, GA
30329; Telephone 404–639–4000; Email
ITFAR@cdc.gov.
Dated: August 22, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014–20393 Filed 8–26–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–4132–FN]
Medicare and Medicaid Programs;
Renewal of Deeming Authority of the
Accreditation Association for National
Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA)
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Final notice.
AGENCY:
This final notice announces
our decision to renew the Medicare
Advantage ‘‘deeming authority’’ of the
National Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA) for a period of 6
years. This new term of approval would
begin October 19, 2014 and end October
18, 2020.
DATES: This final notice is effective
October 19, 2014 through October 18,
2020.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Bates, 410–786–6258 or
Milonda Mitchell, 410–786–1644.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Cancellation of public meeting.
I. Background
The meeting of the
Interagency Task Force on
Antimicrobial Resistance (ITFAR) is
cancelled. The purpose of the meeting
was to communicate the strategic
direction of ITFAR in the fight against
antimicrobial resistance, centering on
Under the Medicare program, eligible
beneficiaries may receive covered
services through a Medicare Advantage
(MA) organization that contracts with
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS). The regulations
specifying the Medicare requirements
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0024; Docket 2014-0055; Sequence 15]
Submission for OMB Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation; Buy
American Act and Trade Agreements Certificates
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding a revision to
an existing OMB clearance.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for
extension and revision of the expiration dates of the following four
information collection requirements: 9000-0024, 9000-0025, 9000-0141
and 9000-0130. This request also merges the four previously approved
information collections into one (OMB Control No. 9000-0024). A notice
was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 32957 on June 9, 2014.
No comments were received.
DATES: Submit comments on or before September 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0024, Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Certificates, by any of the
following methods:
Regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the
OMB control number 9000-0024. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0024, Buy American Act
and Trade Agreements Certificates. Follow the instructions provided on
the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 9000-0024, Buy American Act and Trade
Agreements Certificates'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0024, Buy American Act and Trade Agreements
Certificates.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0024, Buy American Act and Trade Agreements
Certificates, in all correspondence related to this collection. All
comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement
Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202-219-0202 or email
cecelia.davis@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. This information collection requirement pertains to information
that an offeror must submit in response to the requirements of the
provisions and clauses in FAR 52.225-2 that relate to the following:
* The Buy American statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 83 and E.O. 10582).
* The Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2501-2515), including the
World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and various
free trade agreements.
* The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-
5) (Recovery Act).
a. 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate ((formerly OMB Control No.
9000-0024), as prescribed in FAR 25.1101(2), requires the offeror to
identify in its proposal supplies that do not meet the definition of
domestic end product. The Buy American Act no longer applies to
acquisitions of commercial information technology.
b. 52.225-4, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act
Certificate (formerly OMB Control No. 9000-0130), as prescribed in FAR
25.1101(b)(2)(i), requires separate listing of foreign products that
are eligible under a trade agreement, and listing of all other foreign
end products.
c. 52.225-6, Trade Agreements Certificate (formerly OMB Control No.
9000-0025), as prescribed in FAR 25.1101(c)(2), requires the offeror to
certify that all end products are either U.S.-made or designated
country end products, except as listed in paragraph (b) of the
provision. Offerors are not allowed to provide other than a U.S.-made
or designated country end product, unless the requirement is waived.
d. Construction provisions and clauses (formerly OMB Control No.
9000-0141):
52.225-9, Buy American Act Construction Materials
52.225-10, Notice of Buy American Act Requirement--
Construction Materials
52.225-11, Buy American Act Construction Materials--Trade
Agreements
52.225-12, Notice of Buy American Act Requirement--
Construction Materials under Trade Agreements
52.225-21, Required Use of American Iron, Steel and
Manufactured Goods--Buy American Act--Construction Materials
52.225-23, Required Use of American Iron, Steel and
Manufactured Goods--Buy American Act--Construction Materials Under
Trade Agreements
The listed provisions and clauses, as prescribed in FAR 25.1102(a)
through (e), provide that an offeror/contractor requesting to use
foreign construction material due to unreasonable cost of domestic
construction material shall provide adequate information to permit
evaluation of the request.
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Supplies:
FAR Clause 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate (formerly OMB Control
No. 9000-0024), requires the offeror to identify in its proposal
supplies that do not meet the definition of domestic end product. The
Buy American Act no longer applies to acquisitions of commercial
information technology.
Respondents: 3,480.
Responses per Respondent: 10.
Total Responses: 34,800.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 8,700.
FAR Clause 52.225-4, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli
Trade Act Certificate (formerly OMB Control No. 9000-0130), requires
separate listing of foreign products that are eligible under a trade
agreement, and listing of all other foreign end products.
Respondents: 2,550.
Responses per Respondent: 10.
Total Responses: 25,550.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 6,375.
FAR Clause 52.225-6, Trade Agreements Certificate (formerly OMB
Control No. 9000-0025), requires the offeror to certify that all end
products are either U.S.-made or designated country end products,
except as listed in paragraph (b) of the provision. Offerors are not
allowed to provide other than a U.S.-made or designated country end
product, unless the requirement is waived.
Respondents: 320.
Responses per Respondent: 3.
Total Responses: 960.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 240.
Construction provisions and clauses (formerly OMB Control No. 9000-
0141) provide that an offeror/contractor requesting to use foreign
construction material due to unreasonable cost of domestic construction
material shall provide adequate information to permit evaluation of the
request.
--52.225-9, Buy American Act Construction Materials
--52.225-10, Notice of Buy American Act Requirements--Construction
Materials
--52.225-11, Buy American Act Construction Materials--Trade Agreements
--52.225-12, Notice of Buy American Act requirements--Construction
Materials under Trade Agreements
--52.225-21, Required Use of American Iron, Steel and Manufactured
Goods--Buy American Act--Construction Materials
--52.225-23, Required Use of American Iron, Steel and Manufactured
Goods--Buy American Act--Construction Materials
Under Trade Agreements
Respondents: 1,000.
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Total Responses: 2,000.
Hours per Response: 2.5.
Total Burden Hours: 5,000.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Obtaining Copies Of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0024, Buy American Act Certificate, in all
correspondence.
Dated: August 22, 2014.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Government-Wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-Wide Policy.
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