[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50003-50004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24428]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Collection No. 9000-0130]


Proposed Collection; 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 public comments regarding an extension to 
an existing OMB clearance (9000-0130).

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat 
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 Buy American Act-North 
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments 
Program Certificate. The OMB clearance currently expires on December 
31, 1996.

DATES: Comment Due Date: November 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate of any other aspect 
of the collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, or obtaining a copy of the justification, should be 
submitted to: General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 
18th & F Streets, NW., Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-130, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program Certificate, 
in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter O'Such, Office of Federal 
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-1759.

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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.

    Dated: September 19, 1996.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-24428 Filed 9-23-96; 8:45 am]
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