[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42709-42710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18088]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0155; Docket 2011-0079; Sequence 13]


Submission for OMB Review; Prohibition on Acquisition of Products 
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB) will be submitting to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and 
approve an extension of a previously approved information collection 
requirement regarding prohibition on acquisition of products produced 
by forced or indentured child labor.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: August 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or 
Indentured Child Labor, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting 
``Information Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of 
Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor'' under the 
heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and selecting ``Search''. Select the 
link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with ``Information 
Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced 
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Forced or Indentured Child Labor''. Follow the instructions provided at 
the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name 
(if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition on 
Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor'' 
on your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: 
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products 
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced 
by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all correspondence related to 
this collection. All comments received will be posted without change to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Clare McFadden, Procurement 
Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-0044 or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    This information collection complies with Executive Order 13126, 
Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured 
Child Labor. Executive Order 13126 requires that this prohibition be 
enforced within the federal acquisition system by means of: (1) A 
provision that requires the contractor to certify to the contracting 
officer that the contractor or, in the case of an incorporated 
contractor, a responsible official of the contractor has made a good 
faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was 
used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under the 
contract and that, on the basis of those efforts, the contractor is 
unaware of any such use of child labor; and (2) A provision that 
obligates the contractor to cooperate fully in providing reasonable 
access to the contractor's records, documents, persons, or premises if 
reasonably requested by authorized officials of the contracting agency, 
the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Justice, for the 
purpose of determining whether forced or indentured child labor was 
used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under the 
contract.
    The information collection requirements of the Executive Order are 
evidenced via the certification requirements delineated at FAR 22.1505, 
52.212-3, 52.222-18, and 52.222-19.
    To eliminate some of the administrative burden on offerors who must 
submit the same information to various contracting offices, the 
Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition 
Regulations Council (Councils) decided to amend the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) to require offerors to submit representations and 
certifications electronically via the Business Partner Network (BPN), 
unless certain exceptions apply. Online Representations and 
Certifications Application (ORCA) is the specific application on the 
BPN to replace the paper based Representations and Certifications (Reps 
and Certs) process. The change to the FAR was accomplished by FAR Case 
2002-024. The clearance associated with this case referenced this OMB 
Control No. 9000-0155 and reduced the hours of burden by 35%--
attributable to mandated use of ORCA. This reduction is already 
reflected in the figures below.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Hours per Response: 0.325.
    Total Burden Hours: 162.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Branch (MVCB), 1275 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please 
cite OMB Control No. 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products 
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all correspondence.

    Dated: July 7, 2011.
Laura Auletta,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy.
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