[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1145-1146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-341]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
[OMB Control No. 9000-0130]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Buy American
Act--North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act--Balance of
Payments Program Certificate
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB
clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved
information collection requirement concerning Buy American Act--North
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act--Balance of Payments
Program Certificate. A request for public comments was published at 64
FR 59743, November 3, 1999. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 7, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of the collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102,
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,
Washington, DC 20405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Linfield, Federal Acquisition
Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501-1757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Implementation Act, unless specifically exempted by statute or
regulation, agencies are required to evaluate offers over a certain
dollar limitation to supply an eligible product without regard to the
restrictions of the Buy American Act or the Balance of Payments
program. Offerors identify excluded end products and NAFTA end products
on this certificate.
The contracting officer uses the information to identify the
offered items which are domestic and NAFTA country end products so as
to give these products a preference during the evaluation of offers.
Items having components of unknown origin are considered to have been
mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average .167 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 is estimated as follows: Respondents,
1,140; responses per respondent, 5; total annual responses, 5,700;
preparation hours per response, .167; and total response burden hours,
952.
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Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain a copy of the
justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat
(MVRS), Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0130, Buy American Act--North American
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act--Balance of Payments Program
Certificate, in all correspondence.
Dated: January 4, 2000.
Ralph J. Destefano,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 00-341 Filed 1-6-00; 8:45 am]
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