[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67333-67334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23636]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2016-OS-0047]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, 
the following proposal for collection of information under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
31, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571-372-0493.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Representations to Implement 
Appropriation Act Provisions on Felony Convictions and Unpaid Federal 
Tax Liabilities; OMB Control Number 0704-0494.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 6.
    Annual Responses: 15,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,250 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to enable DoD awarding officials to

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exercise due diligence and continue to comply with provisions found in 
Sections 745 and 746 of the Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Division E of Pub. L. 114-113, the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016), as well as similar provisions 
that future years' appropriations acts may include. The requirements of 
these provisions were originally enacted in three Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 
appropriations acts that made funds available to DoD Components for 
obligation. The details of the provisions in the three FY 2012 acts 
varied somewhat but they generally required DoD to consider suspension 
or debarment before using appropriated funding to enter into a grant or 
cooperative agreement with a corporation if the awarding official was 
aware that the corporation had an unpaid federal tax liability or was 
convicted of a felony criminal violation within the preceding 24 
months. The FY 2012 provisions were in:
     Sections 8124 and 8125 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Division A of Pub. L. 112-74, the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012);
     Section 514 of the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (Division H of 
Pub. L. 112-74); and
     Sections 504 and 505 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Division B of Pub. L. 112-74).
    Generally, the requirements related to these provisions of the FY 
2012 appropriations acts have been included in each subsequent fiscal 
year's appropriations acts. Since FY 2015, the provisions related to 
felony convictions and unpaid federal tax liabilities have been enacted 
in the government-wide general provisions portion of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
    Affected Public: Not-For-Profit Institutions; Business or other 
for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection 
should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at 
[email protected]. Please identify the proposed information 
collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of 
the information collection.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID number and title for this Federal Register document. 
The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of 
the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on 
the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick Licari.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD Directives Division, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: September 27, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-23636 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am]
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