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an ISR, the electronic equivalent of the 

Standard Form (SF) 294, Subcontracting 

Report for Individual Contracts. 

Contracts that are not reported in the 

Federal Procurement Data System 

(FPDS) in accordance with FAR 

4.606(c)(5) do not submit ISRs in eSRS; 

they will continue to use the SF 294 to 

submit the information to the agency. 

4. Written explanation for not using a 

small business subcontractor as 

specified in the proposal or 

subcontracting plan. Section 1322 of the 

Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs 

Act), Public Law 111–240, amends the 

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) 

to require as part of a subcontracting 

plan that a prime contractor make good 

faith effort to utilize a small business 

subcontractor during performance of a 

contract to the same degree the prime 

contractor relied on the small business 

in preparing and submitting its bid or 

proposal. If a prime contractor does not 

utilize a small business subcontractor as 

described above, the prime contractor is 

required to explain, in writing, to the 

contracting officer the reasons why it is 

unable to do so. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

1. Subcontracting plan. 

Subcontracting plans are provided on a 

contract-by-contract basis for individual 

subcontracting plans. Individual 

subcontracting plans cover the entire 

contract period, including options. 

Commercial plans are provided on an 

entity basis and cover the fiscal year of 

the contractor. The time required for 

development of the plan (including 

commercial and individual plans) is 

estimated as follows: 

Respondents: 4,350. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 4,350. 

Hours per Response: 5. 

Total Burden Hours: 21,750. 

2. Summary Subcontract Report 

(SSR). SSRs are submitted annually for 

all types of subcontracting plans. One 

SSR is submitted for each commercial 

subcontracting plan. For individual 

subcontracting plans, an SSR is required 

for every agency that funds work under 

the contract that the plan covers. Time 

required for reading, preparing 

information, and data entry into eSRS is 

estimated as follows: 

Commercial plan 

Respondents: 1,653. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 1,653. 

Hours per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,306. 

Individual plan without order level 

reporting 

Respondents: 10,885. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 10,885. 

Hours per Response: 1.5. 

Total Burden Hours: 16,327.5. 

Individual plan with order level 

reporting 

Respondents: 197. 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Total Annual Responses: 591. 

Hours per Response: 1.5. 

Total Burden Hours: 886.5. 

3. Individual Subcontract Report 

(ISR). ISRs are submitted semi-annually 

for each contract with an individual 

subcontracting plan. The ISR consists of 

data for subcontracting under a given 

contract. ISRs are not required for 

commercial plans. Time required for 

reading, preparing information, and data 

entry into eSRS is estimated as follows: 

Individual plan without order-level 

reporting requirement 

Respondents: 10,855. 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Total Annual Responses: 21,710. 

Hours per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 43,420. 

Individual plan—with order-level 

reporting requirement 

Respondents: 197. 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Total Annual Responses: 394. 

Hours per Response: 5. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,970. 

4. Written explanation for not using a 

small business subcontractor as 

specified in the proposal or 

subcontracting plan. This explanation is 

submitted on a contract-by-contract 

basis. FPDS for FY 2017 identified 3,808 

contracts with individual 

subcontracting plans and 542 entities 

awarded contracts with commercial 

plans, for a total of 4,350 plans for FY 

2017. We estimate that at most 50%, or 

2,175, of these contracts with 

subcontracting plans may have 

instances of the prime contractor not 

using a small business subcontractor to 

the same extent used in preparing the 

bid or proposal. We estimate two hours 

as the average time required to read and 

prepare information for this collection. 

Respondents: 2,175. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,175. 

Hours per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,350. 

5. Summary. 

Respondents: 30,312. 

Total Annual Responses: 41,758. 

Total Burden Hours: 92,010. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– 

0007, Subcontracting Plans, in all 

correspondence. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0079; Docket No. 

2018–0003; Sequence No. 14] 

Information Collection; Travel Costs 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, the FAR Council 

invites the public to comment upon a 

renewal concerning travel costs. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The FAR Council invites 

interested persons to submit comments 

on this collection by either of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

instructions on the site. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0079, Travel Costs. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite Information Collection 9000– 

0079, Travel Costs. Comments received 

in response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

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check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). This information 

collection is pending at the FAR 

Council. The Council will submit it to 

OMB within 60 days from the date of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or email 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Description of the Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Revision/Renewal of a currently 

approved collection. 

2. Title of the Collection: Travel Costs. 

3. Agency form number, if any: N/A. 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public should address one or 

more of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the 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 submission of 

responses. 

B. Purpose 

This information collection 

requirement, OMB Control No. 9000– 

0079, currently titled ‘‘Corporate 

Aircraft Costs,’’ is proposed to be 

retitled ‘‘Travel Costs,’’ due to 

consolidation with currently approved 

information collection requirement 

OMB Control No. 9000–0088, Travel 

Costs. 

This information collection 

requirement pertains to information that 

a contractor must submit in response to 

the requirements in FAR 31.205–46: 

1. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)—In special or 

unusual situations, costs incurred by a 

contractor for lodging, meals, and 

incidental expenses, may exceed on a 

daily basis the per diem rates in effect 

as set forth in the Federal Travel 

Regulation (FTR) for travel in the 

conterminous 48 United States. The 

actual costs may be allowed only if the 

contractor provides the following: 

a. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)(ii)—A written 

justification for use of the higher 

amounts approved by an officer of the 

contractor’s organization or designee to 

ensure that the authority is properly 

administered and controlled to prevent 

abuse. 

b. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)(iii)—Advance 

approval from the contracting officer if 

it becomes necessary to exercise the 

authority to use the higher actual 

expense method repetitively or on a 

continuing basis in a particular area. 

c. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)(iv)— 

Documentation to support actual costs 

incurred including a receipt for each 

expenditure of $75.00 or more. 

2. FAR 31.205–46(c) requires firms to 

maintain and make available manifest/ 

logs for all flights on company aircraft. 

As a minimum, the manifest/log must 

indicate: 

a. Date, time, and points of departure; 

b. Destination, date, and time of 

arrival; 

c. Name of each passenger and 

relationship to the contractor 

d. Authorization for trip; and 

e. Purpose of trip. 

The information required by (a) and 

(b) and the name of each passenger 

(required by (c)) are recordkeeping 

requirements already established by 

Federal Aviation Administration 

regulations. This information, plus the 

additional required information, is 

needed to ensure that costs of owned, 

chartered, or leased aircraft are properly 

charged against Government contracts 

and that directly associated costs of 

unallowable activities are not charged to 

Government contracts. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

DoD, GSA and NASA analyzed the FY 

2017 data from the Federal Procurement 

Data System (FPDS) to develop the 

estimated burden hours for this 

information collection. 

1. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)—Actual travel 

costs. 

Respondents: 3,247. 

Responses Per Respondent: 10. 

Total Annual Responses: 32,470. 

Hours Per Response: 0.25. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,118. 

2. FAR 31.205–46(c)—Manifest/logs 

for flights on company aircraft. 

Number of recordkeepers: 797. 

Records per recordkeeper per year: 3. 

Total annual records: 2,391. 

Estimated hours per record: 2.0. 

Total recordkeeping burden hours: 

4,782. 

3. Total (counting recordkeepers with 

respondents). 

Recordkeepers and respondents: 

4,044. 

Responses: 34,861. 

Hours (reporting and recordkeeping): 

12,900. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– 

0079, Travel Costs, in all 

correspondence. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16745 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0154; Docket No. 

2018–0053; Sequence No. 2] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Construction Wage Rate 

Requirements—Price Adjustment 

(Actual Method) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding the 

price adjustment (Actual Method) for 

Construction Wage Rate Requirements. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 


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