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burden to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VR), 

1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Goral, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

This request covers the collection of 

information as a first step under Public 

Law 85–804, as amended by Public Law 

93–155 and Executive Order 10789 

dated November 14, 1958,that allows 

contracts to be entered into, amended, 

or modified in order to facilitate 

national defense. In order for a firm to 

be granted relief under the Act, specific 

evidence must be submitted which 

supports the firm’s assertion that relief 

is appropriate and that the matter 

cannot be disposed of under the terms 

of the contract.

The information is used by the 

Government to determine if relief can be 

granted under the Act and to determine 

the appropriate type and amount of 

relief.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 100.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Responses: 100. 

Hours Per Response: 16.

Total Burden Hours: 1,600.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0029, Extraordinary Contractual 

Action Requests, in all correspondence.

Dated: October 22, 2004

Laura Auletta

Director, Contract Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0095]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Commerce Patent Regulations

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General ServicesAdministration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance (9000–0095).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning commerce patent 

regulations, Public Law 98–620. A 

request for public comments was 

published at 69 FR 53419, September 1, 

2004. No comments were received.

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 2, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F 

Street, NW, Room 4035, Washington, 

DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0095, Commerce Patent 

Regulations, in all correspondence

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Goral, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

As a result of the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) publishing a 

final rule in the Federal Register

implementing Public Law 98–620 (52 

FR 8552, March 18, 1987), a revision to 

FAR Subpart 27.3 to implement the 

Commerce regulation was published in 

the Federal Register as an interim rule 

on June 12, 1989 (54 FR 25060). The 

final rule was published without change 

on June 21, 1990.

A Government contractor must report 

all subject inventions to the contracting 

officer, submit a disclosureof the 

invention, and identify any publication, 

or sale, or public use of the invention 

(52.227–11(c), 52.228–12(c), and52.227–

13(e)(2)). Contractors are required to 

submit periodic or interim and final 

reports listing subject inventions 

(27.303(a); 27.304–1(e)(1)(i) and (ii); 

27.304–1(e)(2)(i) and (ii); 52.227–

12(f)(7); 52.227–14(e)(3)). In order to 

ensure that subject inventions are 

reported, the contractor is required to 

establish and maintain effective 

procedures for identifying and 

disclosing subject inventions (52.227–

11, Alternate IV; 52.227–12(f)(5); 

52.227–13(e)(1)).

In addition, the contractor must 

require his employees, by written 

agreements, to disclose subject 

inventions (52.227–11(f)(2); 52.227–

12(f)(2); 52.227–13(e)(4)). The contractor 

also has an obligation to utilize the 

subject invention, and agree to report, 

upon request, the utilization or efforts to 

utilize the subject invention (27.302(e); 

52.227–11(h); 52.227–12 (h)).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is 

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 1,200.

Responses Per Respondent: 9.75.

Total Responses: 11,700.

Hours Per Response: 3.9;

Total Burden Hours: 45,630.

Obtaining Copies or Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), 1800 F Street, 

NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0095, 

Commerce Patent Regulations, in all 

correspondence.

Dated: October 22, 2004

Laura Auletta

Director, Contract Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration on Aging 

[Program Announcement No. AoA–05–01] 

Fiscal Year 2004 Program 

Announcement; Availability of Funds 

and Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of 

funds and request for applications for 

the Older Americans Act (OAA), title 

VI, part A—Grants for Native Americans 

and Part C—Grants for the Native 

American Caregiver Support Program.