[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34158-34159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14464]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0190; Docket No. 2015-0055; Sequence 14]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review;
Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations--
Representation and Notification
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 new OMB
information clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an
extension of a currently approved information collection requirement
concerning the Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic
Corporations--Representation and Notification. A notice was published
in the Federal Register at 79 FR 74558, on December 15, 2014. No
comments were received.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0190 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--
Representation and Notification, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for OMB
control number
[[Page 34159]]
9000-0190, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic
Corporations--Representation and Notification. Select the link ``Submit
a Comment'' that corresponds with ``9000-0190; Prohibition on
Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation and
Notification.'' Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a
Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``9000-0190; Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic
Corporations--Representation and Notification'' on your attached
document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0190.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite IC 9000-0190 in
all correspondence related to this case. All comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael O. Jackson, Procurement
Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, at 202-208-4949 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require additional actions by
contractors to assist contracting officers in ensuring compliance with
the Governmentwide statutory prohibition on the use of appropriated (or
otherwise made available) funds for contracts with any foreign
incorporated entity that is an inverted domestic corporation or to any
subsidiary of such entity.
B. Discussion and Analysis
DoD, GSA, and NASA published a proposed rule at 79 FR 74558 on
December 15, 2014, to revise the provisions of the FAR that address the
continuing Governmentwide statutory prohibition (in effect since fiscal
year 2008) on the use of appropriated (or otherwise made available)
funds for contracts with any foreign incorporated entity that is an
inverted domestic corporation (under section 835 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, codified at 6 U.S.C. 395) or any subsidiary of
such entity. The rule modifies the existing representation and adds a
requirement to notify the contracting officer if the contractor becomes
an inverted domestic corporation, or a subsidiary of an inverted
domestic corporation, during performance of the contract.
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.
C. Annual Reporting Burden
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average .2 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information.
The annual reporting burden estimated as follows:
Respondents: 352,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 352,000.
Hours per Response: .2.
Total Burden Hours: 70,400.
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 Number 9000-0190, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted
Domestic Corporations--Representation and Notification, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 8, 2015.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-14464 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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