[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21797]
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[OMB Control No. 9000-0025]
Clearance Request for Buy American Act, Trade Agreements Act,
Balance of Payments Program Certificate
AGENCY: 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
(9000-0025).
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
(44 U.S.C. 3501), 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, Trade Agreements
Act, Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-
4755.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, unless specifically
exempted by statute or regulation, agencies are required to evaluate
offers over a certain dollar limitation not 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 on this certificate.
The contracting officer uses the information to identify the
offered items which are domestic end products. Items having components
of unknown origin are considered to have been mined, produced, or
manufactured outside the Untied States or a designated country of the
Act.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 10 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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW., Room 4037,
Washington, DC 20405.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
1,140; responses per respondent, 10; total annual responses, 11,400;
preparation hours per response, .167; and total response burden hours,
1,904.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain copies of OMB
applications or justifications from the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405,
telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0025, Buy
American Act, Trade Agreements Act, Balance of Payments Program
Certificate, in all correspondence.
Dated: August 2, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-21797 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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