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Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 25,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,150. 

Dated: November 20, 2020. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket Number–2020–0048] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Solicitation of Proposal 

Information for Award of Public 

Contracts, 700–24, 700–25 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension without change of 

a currently approved collection, 1600– 

0005. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, will submit the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 29, 2021. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number Docket # 

2020–0048, at: 

Æ Federal rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number Docket # 2020–0048. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) collects information, when 

necessary, when inviting firms to 

submit bids, proposals, and offers for 

public contracts for supplies and 

service. Using solicitation methods such 

as Requests for Proposals (RFP), 

Requests for Information (RFI), and 

Broad Agency Announcements (BAA), 

the Government requests information 

from prospective offerors such as 

pricing information, delivery schedule 

compliance, and evidence that the 

offeror has the resources (both human 

and financial) to accomplish 

requirements. The information 

collection is necessary for compliance 

with the Homeland Security Acquisition 

Regulation (HSAR), 48 CFR Chapter 30, 

and the Small Business Innovative 

Research (SBIR) and Small Business 

Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, 

15 U.S.C 628. 

The prior information collection 

request for OMB No. 1600–0005 was 

approved through November 30, 2021, 

and includes the following: 

• 3052.209–70 Prohibition on 

Contracts with Corporate Expatriates 

(Required in all solicitations and 

contracts) The offeror must disclose 

whether it is a foreign incorporated 

entity that should be treated as an 

inverted domestic corporation. 

• 3052.209–71 Reserve Officer 

Training Corps and Military Recruiting 

on Campus (Required in all solicitations 

and contracts with institutions of higher 

education) Requires that the Contractor 

represent that it does not now have, and 

agrees that during performance of the 

contract that it will not adopt, any 

policy or practice described in 

paragraph (b) of the clause. 

• 3052.209–72 Organizational 

Conflict of Interest, paragraphs (c), (d) 

and (e), (Required in all solicitations 

and contracts where a potential 

organizational conflict of interest exists 

and mitigation may be possible) The 

offeror must disclose whether it is aware 

of any facts which create any actual or 

potential organizational conflicts of 

interest; and, provide information as 

required by the Government and a 

mitigation plan relating to the conflict, 

if applicable. 

• 3052.209–74 Limitations on 

Contractors Acting as Lead System 

Integrators (Required in solicitations for 

the acquisition of a major system when 

the acquisition strategy envisions the 

use of a lead system integrator) The 

offeror must disclose whether it 

proposes to perform this contract as a 

lead system integrator with system 

responsibility, and whether it has a 

direct financial interest in the system 

that is the subject of the solicitation; 

and, provide evidence, as needed. 

• 3052.209–76 Prohibition on 

Federal Protective Service (FPS) Guard 

Services Contracts with Business 

Concerns Owned, Controlled, or 

Operated by an Individual Convicted of 

a Felony, paragraphs (a) through (g), 

(Required in in all solicitations and 

contracts for FPS guard services) The 

offeror must disclose whether it is 

owned, operated or controlled by an 

individual convicted of any felony. A 

business concern owned, operated or 

controlled by an individual convicted of 

any felony may submit an award request 

to the Government. The request must 

include information that is considered 

personally identifiable information, and 

any additional information the 

Government deems necessary. 

• 3052.215–70 Key Personnel and 

Facilities (Required in solicitations and 

contracts when the selection for award 

is substantially based on the offeror’s 

possession of special capabilities 

regarding personnel or facilities) Before 

removing or replacing any of the 

specified individuals or facilities, the 

offeror must notify the Government, in 

writing, before the change becomes 

effective. 

• 3052.219–72 Evaluation of Prime 

Contractor Participation in the DHS 

Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program (Required in all 

solicitations containing (HSAR) 48 CFR 

3052.219–71, DHS Mentor-Prote ́ge ́

Program and (FAR) 48 CFR 52.219–9 

Small Business Subcontracting Plan) 

The offeror must provide a signed letter 

of mentor-prote ́ge ́ agreement, if it 

wishes to receive credit under the 

source selection factor. 

• 3052.247–70 F.o.b. Origin 

Information (Required in solicitations as 

appropriate) The offeror must provide 

information related to the offeror’s 

shipping point. 

The DHS Science and Technology 

(S&T) Directorate issues BAAs soliciting 

when white papers and proposals from 

the public. DHS S&T evaluates white 

papers and proposals received in 

response to a DHS S&T BAA using the 

evaluation criteria specified in the BAA 

through a peer or scientific review 

process in accordance with FAR 

35.016(d). Unclassified white papers 

and proposals are typically collected via 

the DHS S&T BAA secure website, 

while classified white papers and 

proposals must be submitted via proper 

classified courier or proper classified 

mailing procedures as described in the 

National Industrial Security Program 

Operating Manual (NSPOM). 

Federal agencies with an annual 

extramural research and development 

(R&D) budget exceeding $100 million 

are required to participate in the SBIR 

Program. Similarly, Federal agencies 

with an extramural R&D budget 

exceeding $1 billion are required to 

participate in the STTR Program. 

Federal agencies who participate in the 


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SBIR and STTR programs must collect 

information from the public to meet: 

(1) Applicable reporting requirements 

under 15 U.S.C. 638 (b)(7), (g)(8), (i), 

(j)(1)(E), (j)(3)(C), (l), (o)(10), and (v); 

(2) The requirement to maintain both 

a publicly accessible database of SBIR/ 

STTR award information and a 

government database of SBIR/STTR 

award information for SBIR and STTR 

program evaluation under 15 U.S.C. 638 

g(10, (k), (o)(9), and (o)(15); and 

(3) Requirements for public outreach 

under 15 U.S.C. 638 (j)(2)(F), (o)(14), 

and (s). 

DHS is seeking to renew this 

collection, and revise it to add, for 

purposes of entering into other 

transaction agreements pursuant to 6 

U.S.C. 391, 6 U.S.C. 596(1), and 49 

U.S.C. 106(l)(6), Form 700–24, Other 

Transaction Agreement Solicitation, and 

Form 700–25, Other Transaction 

Agreement Solicitation Amendment. On 

the forms, respondents submit an 

Employer Identification Number, as 

well as the business’ name, address and 

title. Respondents must also identify the 

authorized business representative’s 

personal name, and must include a 

signature. 

The information being collected is 

used by the Government’s contracting 

officers and other acquisition personnel, 

including technical and legal staff to 

determine the adequacy of technical and 

management approach, experience, 

responsibility, responsiveness, and 

expertise of the firms submitting offers; 

the identification of members of the 

public (i.e., small businesses) who 

qualify for and are interested in 

participating in the DHS SBIR Program; 

and, provide the DHS SBIR Program 

Office necessary and sufficient 

information to determine whether 

proposals submitted by the public to the 

DHS SBIR Program meet the criteria for 

consideration under the program. 

Failure to collect this information 

would adversely affect the quality of 

products and services DHS receives 

from contractors. Potentially, contracts 

would be awarded to firms without 

sufficient experience and expertise, 

thereby placing the Department’s 

operations in jeopardy. Defective and 

inadequate contractor deliverables 

would adversely affect DHS’s 

fulfillment of the mission requirements 

in all areas. Additionally, the 

Department would be unsuccessful in 

identifying small businesses with 

research and development (R&D) 

capabilities, which would adversely 

affect the mission requirements in this 

area. 

Many sources of the requested 

information use automated word 

processing systems, databases, and web 

portals to facilitate preparation of 

material to be submitted and to post and 

collect information. It is common place 

within many of DHS’s Components for 

submissions to be electronic as a result 

of implementation of e-Government 

initiatives. 

Information technology (i.e., 

electronic web portal) is used in the 

collection of information to reduce the 

data gathering and records management 

burden. DHS uses a secure website the 

public can use to propose SBIR research 

topics and submit proposals in response 

to SBIR solicitations. In addition, DHS 

uses a web portal to review RFIs and 

register to submit a white paper or 

proposal in response to a specific BAA. 

The data collection forms standardize 

the collection of information that is 

necessary and sufficient for the DHS 

SBIR Program Office to meet its 

requirements under 15 U.S.C. 638. 

This information collection required 

by the HSAR and the SBIR and STTR 

programs may or may not involve small 

business contractors, depending on the 

particular transaction. The burden 

applied to small businesses has been 

reduced to the least burdensome 

commensurate with the DHS need for 

the information. In certain cases, 

information collection is done via a 

secure website which is intended to 

minimize burden for businesses 

(including small businesses) and other 

for-profit entities, and not-for-profit 

institutions. Small businesses and other 

small entities will be able to enter 

identifying information and 

subsequently update rather than 

resubmit the information via the 

internet. 

Less frequent incidence of collecting 

such information as offerors’ technical 

approach, management approach, 

experience statements, and resumes 

indicating level of expertise would 

negatively affect the quality of products 

and services DHS received from 

contractors. Potentially, contracts would 

be awarded to firms without sufficient 

experience and expertise, thereby 

placing the Department’s operations in 

jeopardy. 

Additionally, DHS collects 

information that is both necessary and 

sufficient to comply with 15 U.S.C. 638 

and receive white papers and proposals 

from the public in response to BAAs. 

Failure to allow the public to submit 

information would diminish the ability 

of the DHS SBIR Program Office to meet 

its obligation for outreach as required by 

15 U.S.C. 638, evaluate white papers 

and proposals in accordance with the 

criteria in the BAA and provide the 

respondents with the results of the 

evaluation. DHS/ALL/PIA–006 General 

Contact Lists dated June15, 2007 covers 

the basic contact information that must 

be collected for DHS. Other information 

collected will typically pertain to the 

contract itself, and not individuals. All 

information for this information 

collection is submitted voluntarily. 

However, sensitive information (e.g., 

felony conviction information) may also 

be collected through this information 

collection. Due to this sensitivity, and 

the sensitivities regarding the 

procurement process as a whole, a new 

PIA is required to document and 

identify any potential risks associated 

with collecting this information. 

There is no assurance of 

confidentiality provided to the 

respondents. 

The burden estimates are based upon 

definitive proposals reported by DHS 

and its Components to the Federal 

Procurement Data System (FPDS) for FY 

2019, and, for the forms, data reported 

by contracting activities related to single 

source DHS other transaction awards 

and modifications issued in FY 2019. 

No program changes occurred and there 

have been no changes to the information 

being collected. However, the burden 

was adjusted to reflect an agency 

adjustment increase of 13,206 in the 

number of respondents within DHS for 

FY 2019, to include the number of 

respondents added as a result of the 

new forms, as well as an increase in the 

average hourly wage rate. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 


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Title: Solicitation of Proposal 

Information for Award of Public 

Contracts. 

OMB Number: 1600–0005. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 130,418. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.8. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,358,512. 

Robert Dorr, 

Acting Executive Director, Business 

Management Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26284 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[212.LLHQ220000.L10200000.PK0000; OMB 

Control Number 1004–0041] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Authorizing Grazing Use 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

are proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 30, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

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 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, 1849 C Street NW, 

Room 5647, Attn. Chandra Little, 

Washington, DC 20240; or by email to 

cclittle@blm.gov. Please reference OMB 

Control Number 1004–0041 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Brian Thrift by email 

at bthrift@blm.gov, or by telephone at 

208–373–3869. Individuals who are 

hearing or speech impaired may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339 for TTY assistance. You may also 

view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. You may also view 

the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 

17, 2020 (85 FR 50045). The comment 

period ended on October 16, 2020. The 

BLM received one comment. The 

comment was not relevant to this 

collection of information. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: The BLM is required by the 

Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315–315r) 

and Subchapter IV of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 

1751–1753) to manage domestic 

livestock grazing on public lands 

consistent with land use plans, 

principles of multiple use and sustained 

yield, and other relevant factors. 

Compliance with these statutory 

provisions necessitates collection of 

information on matters such as 

permittee and lessee qualifications for a 

grazing permit or lease, base property 

used in conjunction with public lands, 

and the actual use of public lands for 

domestic livestock grazing. Most 

permits and leases are in effect for 10 

years and are renewable if the BLM 

determines that the terms and 

conditions of the expiring permit or 

lease are being met. 

Title of Collection: Authorizing 

Grazing Use (43 CFR subparts 4110 and 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0041. 

Form Number: 4130–1, 4130–1a, 

4130–1b, 4130–3a, 4130–4, and 4 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Any 

U.S. citizen or validly licensed business 

may apply for a BLM grazing permit or 

lease. The BLM administers nearly 

18,000 permits and leases for grazing 

domestic livestock, at least part of the 

year on public lands. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 18,010. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 33,810. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 10 to 35 minutes, 

depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,811. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: The BLM 

collects the information on Forms 4130– 

1, 4130–1a, 4130–1b, and 4130–4 on 

occasion. The BLM collects the 

information on Forms 4130–3a and 

4130–5 annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $30,000. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Chandra Little, 

Regulatory Analyst. 

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