[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12949-12950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06042]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0054; Docket No. 2018-0003; Sequence No. 4]


Information Collection; U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Statement

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

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

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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 
previously approved information collection requirement concerning U.S.-
Flag Air Carriers Statement.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 25, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0054, U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Statement by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number 9000-0054. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection ``Information Collection 
9000-0054, U.S. Flag Air Carriers Statement''. Follow the instructions 
provided on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if 
any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0054, U.S.-Flag Air Carriers 
Statement'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0054, U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Statement.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0054, U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Statement, in all 
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to regulations.gov, including any 
personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm 
receipt of your comment(s), please

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check regulations.gov, approximately two-to-three business days after 
submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of 
comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr. Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, 202-501-1448, or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Section 5 of the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive 
Practices Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1517) (Fly America Act) requires that 
all Federal agencies and Government contractors and subcontractors at 
FAR 47.402, use U.S.-flag air carriers for U.S. Government-financed 
international air transportation of personnel (and their personal 
effects) or property, to the extent that service by those carriers is 
available. It requires the Comptroller General of the United States, in 
the absence of satisfactory proof of the necessity for foreign-flag air 
transportation, to disallow expenditures from funds, appropriated or 
otherwise established for the account of the United States, for 
international air transportation secured aboard a foreign-flag air 
carrier if a U.S.-flag air carrier is available to provide such 
services. In the event that the contractor selects a carrier other than 
a U.S.-flag air carrier for international air transportation during 
performance of the contract, the contractor shall include per FAR 
clause 52.247-64 a statement on vouchers involving such transportation. 
The contracting officer uses the information furnished in the statement 
to determine whether adequate justification exists for the contractor's 
use of other than a U.S.-flag air carrier.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 150.
    Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Annual Responses: 300.
    Hours Per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 75.

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, 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
    Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0054, U.S.-Flag Air Carriers 
Statement, in all correspondence.

    Dated: March 20, 2018.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-06042 Filed 3-23-18; 8:45 am]
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