[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 72 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9400]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0054]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled U.S.-Flag Air
Carriers Certification
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 U.S.-Flag Air Carriers
Certification. A request for public comments was published at 64 FR
6054, February 8, 1999. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 17, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this 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: Linda Klein, Federal Acquisition
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3775.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Section 5 of the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive
Practices Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1517) (Fly America Act) requires that
all Federal agencies and Government contractors and subcontractors use
U.S.-flag air carriers for U.S. Government-financed international air
transportation of personnel (and their personal effects) or property,
to the extent that service by those carriers is available. It requires
the Comptroller General of the United States, in the absence of
satisfactory proof of the necessity for foreign-flag air
transportation, to disallow expenditures from funds, appropriated or
otherwise established for the account of the United States, for
international air transportation secured aboard a foreign-flag air
carrier if a U.S.-flag carrier is available to provide such services.
In the event that the contractor selects a carrier other than a U.S.-
flag air carrier for international air transportation, the contractor
shall include a certification on vouchers involving such
transportation. The contracting officer uses the information furnished
in the certification to determine whether adequate justification exists
for the contractor's use of other than a U.S.-flag air carrier.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 15 minutes 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,
150; responses per respondent, 2; total annual responses, 300;
preparation hours per response, .25; and total response burden hours,
75.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals
Requester may obtain a copy of the justification from the General
Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312. Please cite
OMB Control No. 9000-0054, U.S. -Flag Air Carriers Certification, in
all correspondence.
Dated: April 12, 1999.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 99-9400 Filed 4-14-99; 8:45 am]
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