[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15469-15470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06010]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2020-0047; OMB Control Number 0750-0003]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement; Requests for Reimbursement Under Section 3610 of 
the CARES Act

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System 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 April 
22, 2021.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS), Requests for Reimbursement under Section 3610 of 
the CARES Act; OMB Control Number 0750-0003.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 16,224.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.5 approximately.
    Annual Responses: 24,337.
    Average Burden per Response: 63 hours approximately.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,523,053.
    Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
    Needs and Uses: Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and 
Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. 116-136), enacted on March 27, 
2020, authorizes, but does not require, contracting officers to modify 
contracts and other agreements, without consideration, to reimburse 
contractors for paid leave a contractor provides to keep its employees 
or subcontractors in a ready state, including to protect the life and 
safety of Government and contractor personnel, during the public health 
emergency declared for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
    A contractor request for reimbursement under section 3610 must 
include sufficient documentation to support the request and enable the 
contracting officer to determine whether a contractor is eligible for 
reimbursement under section 3610 and, if so, the amount of 
reimbursement to provide to a contractor. Contractors' requests for 
reimbursement under section 3610 will vary in dollar amount and 
complexity; as such, so will the amount and type of information needed 
from a contractor to support their reimbursement request. Based on this 
variation, contracting officers will use one of three DoD reimbursement 
checklists to advise contractors of the information needed to support 
their request. The information described in the checklists is necessary 
to collect from contractors in order to ensure that contracting 
officers are able to determine whether to approve the request for 
reimbursement and expediently modify the affected contract(s) for the 
authorized reimbursement amount.
    Section 3610 also requires that any reimbursements made under its 
authority are reduced by the amount of credit a contractor is allowed 
under other provisions of the CARES Act and division G of the Families 
First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (Pub. L. 116-127). As the status 
of such credits may not be known at the time of reimbursement, DFARS 
clause 252.243-7999, Section 3610 Reimbursement (Deviation 2020-O0021), 
requires contractors to notify the contracting officer of any credits 
received after receiving reimbursement under section 3610 and make any 
repayment, as necessary, to comply with the requirements of section 
3610. This information is necessary so that contracting officers may 
comply with the provisions of section 3610.
    Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection 
should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 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, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

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www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela James. Requests for copies of the 
information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. James at [email protected].

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2021-06010 Filed 3-22-21; 8:45 am]
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