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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 52168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20472]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2013-OS-0083]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 
September 23, 2013.
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Representations to Implement 
Appropriation Act Provisions on Felony Convictions and Unpaid Federal 
Tax Liabilities, OMB Control Number 0704-0494.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 6.
    Annual Responses: 15,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,250.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection will enable DoD awarding 
officials to exercise due diligence and continue to comply with 
provisions of three Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 appropriations acts that make 
funds available to DoD Components for obligation, as well as similar 
provisions that future years' appropriations acts may include. The 
details of the provisions in the three FY 2012 acts vary somewhat but 
they generally require DoD to consider suspension or debarment before 
using appropriated funding to enter into a grant or cooperative 
agreement with a corporation if the awarding official is aware that the 
corporation has an unpaid federal tax liability or was convicted of a 
felony criminal violation within the preceding 24 months. The FY 2012 
provisions are in:
     Sections 8124 and 8125 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Division A of Pub. L. 112-74, the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012);
     Section 514 of the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (Division H of 
Pub. L. 112-74); and
     Sections 504 and 505 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Division B of Pub. L. 112-74).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra. at the Office of 
Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD Information Management 
Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 
VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: August 19, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-20472 Filed 8-21-13; 8:45 am]
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