[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37873-37874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16500]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0102; Docket No. 2019-0003; Sequence No. 21]


Submission for OMB Review; Prompt Payment

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 revision 
and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding prompt payment.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 3, 2019.

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:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or 
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov 
and follow the instructions on the site.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Lois Mandell/IC 9000-0102, Prompt Payment.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection 
9000-0102, Prompt Payment. Comments received generally will be posted 
without change to http://

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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: Mr. Kevin Funk, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-357-5805, or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB control number, Title, and any Associated Form(s)

    9000-0102, Prompt Payment.

B. Needs and Uses

    Paragraph (c) of the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
52.232-5, Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts, requires 
that contractors under fixed-price construction contracts certify, for 
every progress payment request, that payments to subcontractors/
suppliers have been made from previous payments received under the 
contract and timely payments will be made from the proceeds of the 
payment covered by the certification, and that this payment request 
does not include any amount which the contractor intends to withhold 
from a subcontractor/supplier.
    Paragraphs (e) and (g) of the clause at FAR 52.232-27, Prompt 
Payment for Construction Contracts, require contractors to notify the 
Government regarding any withheld amounts of a progress payment to a 
subcontractor, the specific cause for the withholding, and the remedial 
action to be taken by the subcontractor.
    The information provided under these two clauses is used to 
determine the proper amount of payments to Federal contractors and 
understand when the contractor withholds amounts from subcontractors/
suppliers after the Government has already paid the contractor the 
amounts withheld.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 13,847.
    Total Annual Responses: 214,672.
    Total Burden Hours: 70,842.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 84 FR 
21340, on May 14, 2019. No comments were received.
    Obtaining Copies: 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-
0102, Prompt Payment, in all correspondence.

    Dated: July 29, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-16500 Filed 8-1-19; 8:45 a.m.]
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