[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85641-85642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28704]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0322; Docket No. 2020-0001; Sequence No. 5]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; 
Submission for OMB Review; Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications 
and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment Under Lease Acquisitions 
and Commercial Solution Opening Procurements

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for 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 an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
for Prohibition to Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance 
Services or Equipment under Lease Acquisitions and Commercial Solution 
Openings.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 28, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen Carroll, Procurement 
Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, 817-253-7858 or 
via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
provides that an agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information, and no person is required to respond to, nor 
be subject to, a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of 
information, unless that collection has obtained Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval and displays a currently valid OMB Control 
Number.
    GSA requested and OMB authorized emergency processing of an 
information collection, as OMB Control Number 3090-0322, for the 
provision at FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain 
Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services and the clause at 
FAR 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain 
Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment, as 
used under lease acquisitions and commercial solution openings. GSA has 
determined the following conditions have been met:
    a. The collection of information is needed prior to the expiration 
of time periods normally associated with a routine submission for 
review under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, because the 
prohibitions in Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) went into 
effect on August 13, 2020.
    b. The collection of information is essential to GSA's mission to 
ensure GSA complies with Section 889 in order to protect the Government 
supply chain from risks posed by covered telecommunications equipment 
or services.
    c. GSA cannot comply with the normal clearance procedures because 
public harm is reasonably likely to

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result if current clearance procedures are followed.
    This requirement supports implementation of Section 889 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. 
L. 115-232) under lease acquisitions and commercial solution openings. 
This section prohibits agencies from procuring, obtaining, extending or 
renewing a contract with contractors that will provide or use covered 
telecommunication equipment or services as a substantial or essential 
component of any system, or as a critical technology as part of any 
system on or after August 13, 2020 unless an exception applies.
    This requirement is implemented in the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) through the provision at FAR 52.204-24, Representation 
Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or 
Equipment and the clause at FAR 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting 
for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or 
Equipment. GSA's Class Deviation CD-2020-15 extends these requirements 
to lease acquisitions and commercial solution opening procurements.
    This clearance covers the following requirements:
    FAR 52.204-24 requires an offer or to represent whether they will 
provide or whether they will use any covered telecommunications 
equipment or services and if so, describe in more detail the use of the 
covered telecommunications equipment or services; and
    FAR 52.204-25 requires contractors to report covered 
telecommunications equipment, systems and services identified during 
performance of a contract.
    GSA requested approval of this information collection in order to 
implement the law. The information will be used by agency personnel to 
identify and remove prohibited equipment, systems, or services from 
Government use. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or 
sponsor.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

1. FAR 52.204-24 for GSA Lease Acquisitions

    Respondents: 3,128.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Responses: 3,128.
    Hours per Response: 3.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,384.

2. FAR 52.204-25 for GSA Lease Acquisitions

    Respondents: 313.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Total Responses: 1,565.
    Hours per Response: 3.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,695.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 85 FR 
61748 on September 30, 2020. No comments were received.
    Obtaining copies of proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 
Division, by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected].
    Please cite ``Information Collection 3090-0322'', in all 
correspondence.

Jeffrey Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-28704 Filed 12-28-20; 8:45 am]
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