[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 1520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Rated Orders Under the Defense Priories and Allocations System 
(DPAS)

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on September 11, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
    Title: Rated Orders Under the Defense Priories and Allocations 
System (DPAS).
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0092.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,436,538.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 to 16 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 45,432.
    Needs and Uses: This information is necessary to support the 
execution of the President's priorities and allocations authority under 
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501, 
et seq.), and the priorities authorities under the Selective Service 
Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 3816), delegated to the Secretary of Commerce 
and implemented by the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) 
regulation (15 CFR part 700). The purpose of this authority is to 
ensure preferential acceptance and priority performance of contracts 
and orders for all materials, services, and facilities, including 
construction materials, the authority for which has not been delegated 
to other agencies under Executive Order 13603 (referred to as 
``industrial resources'') in support of approved national defense 
programs.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Defense Protection Act of 1950 (DPA).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0694-0092.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-00359 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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