Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 22, 2018 / Notices 42501 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 18,590. 

Hours per Response: .25. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,648. 

C. Public Comments 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register at 83 FR 24310 on May 25, 

2018. No comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary 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; and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

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. 3090–0248, 

Solicitation Provisions and Contract 

Clauses, Placement of Orders Clause, 

and Ordering Information Clause, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: August 17, 2018. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18121 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice–MA–2018–07; Docket No. 2018– 

0002; Sequence No.16] 

Maximum Per Diem Reimbursement 

Rates for the Continental United States 

(CONUS) 

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide 

Policy (OGP), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of GSA Per Diem 

Bulletin FTR 19–01, Fiscal Year (FY) 

2019 Continental United States 

(CONUS) per diem reimbursement rates. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration’s (GSA) Fiscal Year (FY) 

2019 per diem reimbursement rates 

review has resulted in lodging and meal 

allowance changes for certain locations 

within CONUS to provide for 

reimbursement of Federal employees’ 

subsistence expenses while on official 

travel. 

DATES: Applicability Date: This notice 

applies to travel performed on or after 

October 1, 2018, through September 30, 

2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Ms. Jill 

Denning, Program Analyst, Office of 

Government-wide Policy, Office of 

Asset and Transportation Management, 

at 202–208–7642, or by email at 

travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please cite Notice 

of GSA Per Diem Bulletin FTR 19–01. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The CONUS per diem 

reimbursement rates prescribed in 

Bulletin 19–01 may be found at 

www.gsa.gov/perdiem. GSA bases the 

maximum lodging allowance rates on 

the average daily rate that the lodging 

industry reports to an independent 

organization. If a maximum lodging 

allowance rate and/or a meals and 

incidental expenses (M&IE) per diem 

reimbursement rate is insufficient to 

meet necessary expenses in any given 

location, Federal executive agencies can 

request that GSA review that location. 

Please review questions six and seven of 

GSA’s per diem Frequently Asked 

Questions page at www.gsa.gov/perdiem 

for more information on the special 

review process. In addition, the Federal 

Travel Regulation (FTR) allows for 

actual expense reimbursement as 

provided in §§ 301–11.300 through 301– 

11.306. 

For FY 2019, one new non-standard 

area (NSA) location was added for Cobb 

County, Georgia. Hancock and Knox 

Counties in Maine were combined into 

one NSA. The standard CONUS lodging 

allowance rate will increase from $93 to 

$94. The M&IE reimbursement rate tiers 

were revised for FY 2019; they were last 

revised in FY2016. The revised standard 

CONUS M&IE rate is now $55, and the 

M&IE NSA tiers are revised from $54– 

$74 to $56–$76. 

GSA issues and publishes the CONUS 

per diem rates, formerly published in 

Appendix A to 41 CFR Chapter 301, 

solely on the internet at www.gsa.gov/ 

perdiem. GSA also has removed and 

now solely publishes the M&IE 

deduction table from Appendix B to 41 

CFR Chapter 301, which is used when 

employees are required to deduct meals 

from their M&IE reimbursement 

pursuant to FTR § 301–11.18, at 

www.gsa.gov/mie. This process, 

implemented in 2003, for per diem 

reimbursement rates and in 2015 

(internet publication) and 2018 (removal 

from the FTR) for the M&IE deduction 

table, ensures more timely changes in 

per diem reimbursement rates 

established by GSA for Federal 

employees on official travel within 

CONUS. 

Notices published periodically in the 

Federal Register now constitute the 

only notification of revisions in CONUS 

per diem reimbursement rates to 

agencies other than the changes posted 

on the GSA website. 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

Jessica Salmoiraghi, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Government-wide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18040 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–14–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0027; Docket No. 

2018–0001; Sequence No. 2] 

Submission for OMB Review; General 

Services Administration Acquisition 

Regulation; Contract Administration, 

Quality Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 

and 308) 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the General 

Services Administration 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 

contract administration and quality 

assurance. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

September 21, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kevin Funk, Program Analyst, General 

Services Acquisition Policy Division, at 

202–357–5805 or via email to 

kevin.funk@gsa.gov. 

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: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB Control number 

3090–0027. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 3090–0027, 

Contract Administration and Quality 

Assurance (GSA Forms 1678 and 308)’’. 

Follow the instructions on the screen. 


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