[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5771-5772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02587]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0155; Docket 2017-0053; Sequence 18]


Submission for OMB Review; Prohibition of Acquisition of Products 
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding prohibition of acquisition of products produced by forced or 
indentured child labor.

DATES: Submit comments on or before March 12, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number 9000-0155. Select the link that corresponds with 
``Information Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition of Acquisition of 
Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor''. Follow the 
instructions provided on the screen.
    Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information 
Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced 
by Forced or Indentured Child Labor'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0155, Prohibition of Acquisition of Products 
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced 
by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all correspondence related to 
this collection. 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: Ms. Zenaida Delgado, Procurement 
Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, at 202-969-7207, or 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    This information collection complies with Executive Order 13126, 
Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured 
Child Labor.
    This information is used by Government contracting officers to 
ensure that a good faith effort has been made to determine whether 
forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or 
manufacture any product on the List furnished under the contract per 
Executive Order 13126.
    The information collection requirements of the Executive Order are 
evidenced via the certification requirements delineated at FAR 52.212-3 
paragraph (i), and 52.222-18.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    DoD, GSA and NASA analyzed the FY 2017 data from the System for 
Award Management (SAM) to develop the estimated burden hours for this

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information collection. The following is a summary of the FY 2017 data:
    Respondents: 1,104.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,104.
    Hours per Response: 0.18.
    Total Burden Hours: 198.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Reporting Frequency: On occasion.

C. Public Comment

    A 60 day notice was published in the Federal Register at 82 FR 
55842, on November 24, 2017. No comments were received.
    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.
    Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0155, Prohibition of Acquisition 
of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: February 2, 2018.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-
wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-02587 Filed 2-8-18; 8:45 am]
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