[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12682-12683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04040]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0161; Docket No. 2022-0053; Sequence No. 23]


Submission for OMB Review; Reporting Purchases From Sources 
Outside the United States

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 an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding reporting purchases from sources outside the United States.

DATES: Submit comments on or before March 30, 2023

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.
    Additionally, submit a copy to GSA through https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions on the site. This 
website provides the ability to type short comments directly into the 
comment field or attach a file for lengthier comments.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0161, Reporting Purchases from Sources Outside the United States. 
Comments received generally will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please

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check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to three days after 
submission to verify posting. If there are difficulties submitting 
comments, contact the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-
4755 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

    9000-0161, Reporting Purchases from Sources Outside the United 
States.

B. Need and Uses

    This clearance covers the information that offerors must submit to 
comply with the FAR provision 52.225-18, Place of Manufacture. This 
provision requires offerors of manufactured end products to indicate in 
response to a solicitation, by checking a box, whether the place of 
manufacture of the end products it expects to provide is predominantly 
manufactured in the United States or outside the United States. 
Contracting officers use the information as the basis for entry into 
the Federal Procurement Data System for further data on the rationale 
for purchasing foreign manufactured items. The data is necessary for 
analysis of the application of the Buy American statute and the trade 
agreements.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 50,106.
    Total Annual Responses: 2,600,361.
    Total Burden Hours: 26,004.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 
77614, on December 19, 2022. No comments were received.
    Obtaining Copies: 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 OMB 
Control No. 9000-0161, Reporting Purchases from Sources Outside the 
United States.

Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-04040 Filed 2-27-23; 8:45 am]
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