[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43081-43082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17862]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0130; Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 14]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Buy 
American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate

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, the 
Regulatory Secretariat 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 concerning the 
Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and whether it 
will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden 
of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid 
assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0130, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act 
Certificate, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``Information 
Collection 9000-0130, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli 
Trade Act Certificate'' under the heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and 
selecting ``Search''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0130, Buy American Act-
Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate''. Follow the 
instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please 
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 
9000-0130, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act 
Certificate'' 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 9000-0130, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--
Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0130, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli 
Trade Act Certificate, 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. Cecelia Davis, Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 219-0202 or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Under the Free Trade Agreements Act of 1979, 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. FAR 
provision 52.225--4, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli 
Trade Act Certificate, requires an offeror to certify that the offered 
products are domestic end products and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) end 
products. The provision also requires an offeror to identify foreign 
end products.
    Contracting officers use the information to give domestic and FTA 
country end products a preference during the evaluation of offers. 
Items having components of unknown origin are considered to have been 
mined,

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produced, or manufactured outside the United States.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,083.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Annual Responses: 5,415.
    Hours per Response: .117.
    Total Burden Hours: 634.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control 
No. 9000-0130, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade 
Act Certificate, in all correspondence.

    Dated: July 10, 2012.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-17862 Filed 7-20-12; 8:45 am]
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