[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64646-64648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5724]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-00XX]


Information Collection Standard Form, Real Property Status Report 
(SF-XXXX)

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a new information 
collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy will 
submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review 
and approve a new information collection requirement concerning 
reporting real property status.
    In support of OMB's continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, GSA invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed new 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning forms that will be used 
to collect information related to real property when required by a 
Federal financial assistance award. To view the form, go to OMB's main 
Web page at http://www.OMB.gov and click on the ``Grants Management'' 
and ``Forms'' links. OMB specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comment Due Date: January 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nelson, Chair, Post-Award 
Workgroup; telephone 301-713-0833 ext. 199; fax 301-713-0806; e-mail 
[email protected]; mailing address 1305 East-West Highway, Room 
7142, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden, to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General 
Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    GSA, on behalf of the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative, 
proposes to issue a new standard form, the Real Property Status Report 
(SF-XXXX). The SF-XXXX will be used to collect information related to 
real property when required by a Federal financial assistance award. 
The SF-XXXX includes a cover page, an Attachment A and Attachment B. 
The purpose of this new form is to report real property status or to 
request agency instructions on real property that was or will be 
provided or acquired, in whole or in part, under a Federal financial 
assistance award (e.g., grant, cooperative agreement, etc.), including 
real property that was improved (special circumstances apply to 
improvements) using Federal funds and real property that was donated to 
a Federal project in the form of a match or cost sharing donation. The 
form does not create any new reporting requirements. It does establish 
a standard format for reporting real property status under financial 
assistance awards. It does establish a standard annual reporting date 
of September 30 to be used, if an award does not specify an annual 
reporting date. The standard form will replace any agency unique forms 
currently in use to allow uniformity of collection and to support 
future electronic submission of information.

Background

    Public Law 106-107 requires the OMB to direct, coordinate, and 
assist Executive Branch departments and agencies in establishing an 
interagency process to streamline and simplify Federal financial 
assistance procedures for non-Federal entities. The law also requires 
executive agencies to develop, submit to Congress, and implement a plan 
for that streamlining and simplification. Twenty-six Executive Branch 
agencies jointly submitted a plan to the Congress in May 2001. The plan 
described the interagency process through which the agencies would 
review current policies and practices and seek to streamline and 
simplify them. The process involved interagency work groups under the 
auspices of the U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council, Grants Policy 
Committee. The plan also identified substantive areas in which the 
interagency work groups had begun their review. Those areas are part of 
the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative.
    This proposed form is an undertaking of the interagency Post-Award 
Workgroup that supports the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative. 
Additional information on the Federal Grants Streamlining Initiative, 
which focuses on implementing the Federal Financial Assistance 
Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-107), is set forth 
in the Federal Register published on September 13, 2006 (71 FR 54098). 
An overview of the SF-XXXX and five other report forms being developed 
under the Initiative was provided during a webcast of the Grants Policy 
Committee of the U.S. Chief Financial Officer Council held on March 8, 
2007 (72 FR 7090, February 14, 2007).
    Under the standards for management and disposition of federally-
owned property and real property acquired under assistance awards (real 
property status) in 2 CFR Part 215, the ``Uniform

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Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions 
of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations,'' 
and the ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements 
with State and Local Governments,'' codified by Federal agencies at 53 
FR 8048, on March 11, 1988, recipients may be required to provide 
Federal agencies with information concerning property in their custody 
annually, at award closeout or when the property is no longer needed. 
During the public consultation process mandated by Public Law 106-107, 
recipients suggested the need for clarification of these requirements 
and the establishment of a standard form to help them submit 
appropriate property information when required. The Real Property 
Status Report (SF-XXXX) is to be used in connection with requirements 
listed in the table below and Federal awarding agency guidelines:

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          For . . .              A recipient must . . .            When . . .                 Under . . .
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Federally-owned property.....  Submit an inventory         Annually, with information  2 CFR 215.33(a)(1) A-102
                                listing.                    accurate as of 30           Attachment 3.b.(5).
                                                            September, unless the
                                                            award specifies a
                                                            different date.
                               Report the property to the  The property is no longer   2 CFR 215.33(a)(1).
                                Federal awarding agency.    needed.
                               Report the property to the  Upon completion of the      2 CFR 215.33(a)(1) A-102
                                Federal awarding agency.    award.                      Attachment 3.a.(1) and
                                                                                        (2).
Real property acquired in      Sell the property and       The recipient is directed   2 CFR 215.32(c)(2)
 whole or in part under an      reimburse the Federal       to sell the property        Federal awarding agency
 assistance award.              awarding agency for the     under guidelines provided   guidelines.
                                Federal share.              by the Federal awarding
                                                            agency.
                               Transfer title to the       The recipient is directed   2 CFR 215.32(c)(3).
                                property to the Federal     to transfer title by the
                                Government or to an         Federal awarding agency
                                eligible third party.       or its successor.
                               Compensate the original     The recipient wants to      2 CFR 215.32(c)(1).
                                Federal awarding agency     retain title without
                                or its successor.           further obligation to the
                                                            Federal Government.
                               Obtain the approval of the  Before making capital       2 CFR 230, Appendix B,
                                Federal awarding agency.    expenditures for            Item 27. 2 CFR 220,
                                                            improvements to property    Appendix A, Item
                                                            that materially increase    18.b.(3) A-87,
                                                            its value or useful life.   Attachment B, Item
                                                                                        15.b.3.
                               Obtain the approval of the  The recipient wants to use  2 CFR 215.32(b).
                                Federal awarding agency.    the real property in
                                                            other federally-sponsored
                                                            projects or programs that
                                                            have purposes consistent
                                                            with those authorized for
                                                            support by the Federal
                                                            awarding agency when the
                                                            recipient determines that
                                                            the property is no longer
                                                            needed for the purpose of
                                                            the original project.
                               Request disposition         The recipient no longer     2 CFR 215.32(c).
                                instructions.               needs the property for
                                                            any purpose.
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B. Annual Reporting Burden

    This form will be used by Federal agencies to collect information 
related to real property when required by a Federal financial 
assistance award. Since this form will be used primarily for reporting 
related to grants, and the GSA does not award grants, we are providing 
a burden estimate for one respondent.
    Respondents: Assistance recipients.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.666667.
    Estimated Cost: There is no expected cost to the respondents or to 
GSA.

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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                     Number of       responses per       hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent         response            hours
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Real Property Status Report SF-XXXX.....                 1                 1        0.16666667        0.16666667
SF-XXXX--Real Property Status Report                     1                 1              0.75              0.75
 [Attachment A].........................
SF-XXXX--Real Property Status Report                     1                 1              0.75              0.75
 [Attachment B].........................
    TOTAL...............................  ................  ................  ................          1.666667
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    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755, or by faxing your 
request to (202) 501-4067. Please cite the title, OMB Control No. 3090-
00XX, Real Property Status Report, in all correspondence.

    Dated: November 9, 2007.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
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