[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41971-41972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15204]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0193; Docket No. 2016-0053; Sequence 33]


Submission for OMB Review; Prohibition on Contracting With 
Corporations With Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new 
information collection requirement regarding Prohibition on Contracting 
with Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction. A 
notice and request for comments was published in the Federal Register 
at 80 FR 75903 on December 4, 2015, as part of an interim rule under 
FAR case 2015-011. No

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public comments were received on the information collection.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching OMB control 
number 9000-0193. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with 
``Information Collection 9000-0193, ``Prohibition on Contracting with 
Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction.'' Follow the 
instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company 
name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0193, Prohibition on 
Contracting with Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony 
Conviction'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0193, Prohibition on Contracting with 
Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0193, Prohibition on Contracting with Corporations with 
Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction, in all correspondence related 
to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or 
business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to 
three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for 
posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement 
Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, at 202-501-1448 or 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Offerors responding to a Federal solicitation are required to make 
a representation regarding whether the offeror is a corporation with a 
delinquent tax liability or a felony conviction under Federal law, as 
required by section 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235).
    When an offeror provides an affirmative response in paragraph 
(c)(1) or (2) to the representation, the contracting officer is 
required to request additional information from the offeror and notify 
the agency official responsible for initiating debarment or suspension 
action. The contracting officer shall not make an award to the 
corporation unless the agency suspending or debarring official has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and determined 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government.
    This rule also added a certification requirement regarding tax 
matters, in solicitations for which the resultant contract (including 
options) may have a value greater than $5,000,000, and that will use 
funds made available by section 523 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (Division B) of Public 
Law 113-235, or under subsequent appropriations acts that contain the 
same provisions.
    Agencies funded by these acts include the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of Justice, NASA, as well as some smaller agencies.
    If the certification regarding tax matters is applicable, then the 
contracting officer shall not award any contract in an amount greater 
than $5,000,000, unless the offeror affirmatively certified in its 
offer to all the required certifications regarding tax matters in 
52.209-XX(c) or 52.212-3(q)(3).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Needs and Uses: This requirement provides for the collection of 
information required to implement sections 744 and 745 of Division E of 
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. 
L. 113-235) and section 523 of Division B of the same act.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 352,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.01 (approximately).
    Annual Responses: 356,840.
    Average Burden per Response: .1.
    Annual Burden Hours: 35,684.
    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. 9000-0193, Prohibition on Contracting 
with Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 22, 2016.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-
wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-15204 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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