[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60383-60384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25297]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-00XX; Docket No. 2015-0055; Sequence 49]


Information Collection; Payment to Small Business Subcontractors

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

ACTION: Interim rule.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), a request to review and approve a new 
information collection requirement regarding Payment of Subcontractors.

DATES: Submit comments on or before December 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection

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9000-00XX, Payment of Subcontractors, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching OMB control 
number 9000-00XX. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with 
``Information Collection 9000-00xx, ``Payment of Subcontractors''. 
Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your 
name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-00xx, 
Payment of Subcontractors'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., ATTN: Hada Flowers, 
Washington, DC 20405.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection, Payment of Subcontractors, in all correspondence related to 
this case. 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: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement 
Analyst, GSA, at 202-501-1448.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Section 1334 of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 
(Pub. L. 111-240) and the Small Business Administration's Final Rule at 
78 FR 42391, Small Business Subcontracting, published on July 16, 2013, 
and effective August 15, 2013, requires the prime contractor to self- 
report to the contracting officer when the prime contractor makes late 
or reduced payments to small business subcontractors. In addition, the 
contracting officer is required to record the identity of contractors 
with a history of late or reduced payments to small business 
subcontractors in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity 
Information System (FAPIIS). FAR Part 42 is revised to include in the 
past performance evaluation reduced or untimely payments reported to 
the contracting officer by the prime contractor in accordance with the 
clause at 52.242-XX, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors, that 
are determined by the contracting officer to be unjustified.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 5457.
    Responses per respondent: 1.
    Total annual responses: 5457.
    Preparation hours per response: 2.
    Total response burden hours: 10,914.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the 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.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20404, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-00xx, Payment of Subcontractors, in all 
correspondence.

Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of 
Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, 
Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-25297 Filed 10-5-15; 8:45 am]
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