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Payments Program Certificate, as

prescribed in 225.1101(5), requires an

offeror to list the item number and

country of origin of any U.S. made (but

not domestic), qualifying country,

designated country, Caribbean Basin

country, NAFTA country, or other

nondesignated country end product that

it intends to furnish under the contract.

DFARS 252.225–7009, Duty-Free

Entry—Qualifying Country Supplies

(End Products and Components),

DFARS 252.225–7010, Duty-Free

Entry—Additional Provisions, and

DFARS 252.225–7037, Duty-Free

Entry—Eligible End Products, as

prescribed in 225.1101 (8), (9), and (14),

respectively, require the contractor to

notify the administrative contracting

officer upon award of a subcontract for

products that are eligible for duty-free

entry, and to provide information in

shipping documents and customs forms

regarding products that are eligible for

duty-free entry.

DFARS 252.225–7016, Restriction on

Acquisition of Ball and Roller Bearings,

as prescribed in 225.7019–4, requires

the contractor to retain records showing

compliance with the requirement that

ball and roller bearings delivered under

the contract must be wholly

manufactured in the United States or

Canada. The contractor must retain the

records until 3 years after final payment

and must make the records available

upon request of the contracting officer.

The contractor may request a waiver of

the requirement in accordance with

DFARS 225.7019–3, which also requires

the contractor to submit a written plan

for transitioning to domestically

manufactured bearings, if the waiver is

requested under a multiyear contract or

a contract exceeding 12 months.

DFARS 252.225–7018, Notice of

Prohibition of Certain Contracts with

Foreign Entities for the Conduct of

Ballistic Missile Defense RDT&E, as

prescribed in 225.7011–5, gives notice

of the statutory prohibition on award of

a contract to a foreign government or

firm, if the contract provides for the

conduct of research, development, test,

or evaluation in connection with the

Ballistic Missile Defense Program. The

provision requires an offeror to indicate

whether it is or is not a U.S. firm.

DFARS 252.225–7020, Trade

Agreements Certificate, as prescribed in

225.1101(10), requires an offeror to list

the item number and country of origin

of any nondesignated country end

product that it intends to furnish under

the contract.

DFARS 252.225–7025, Restriction on

Acquisition of Forgings, as prescribed in

225.7102–4, requires the contractor to

retain records showing compliance with

the requirement that end items and their

components delivered under the

contract must contain domestic forging

items. The contractor must retain the

records until 3 years after final payment

and must make the records available

upon request of the contracting officer.

The contractor may request a waiver of

the requirement in accordance with

DFARS 225.7102–3.

DFARS 252.225–7026, Reporting of

Contract Performance Outside the

United States, as prescribed in

225.7203, requires the contractor to

submit a report when any part of the

contract that exceeds a specified dollar

threshold will be performed outside the

United States. The specified threshold is

$500,000 for contracts that exceed $10

million, or the simplified acquisition

threshold ($100,000) for contracts that

exceed $500,000. The contractor may

submit the report on DD Form 2139,

Report of Contract Performance Outside

the United States, or may use a

computer-generated report that contains

all information required by DD Form

2139.

DFARS 252.225–7032, Waiver of

United Kingdom Levies, as prescribed

in 225.873–3, requires an offeror to

provide information to the contracting

officer regarding any United Kingdom

levies included in the offered price, and

requires the contractor to provide

information to the contracting officer

regarding any United Kingdom levies to

be included in a subcontract that

exceeds $1 million, before award of the

subcontract.

DFARS 252.225–7035, Buy American

Act—North American Free Trade

Agreement Implementation Act—

Balance of Payments Program

Certificate, as prescribed in

225.1101(12), requires an offeror to list

any qualifying country, NAFTA

country, or other foreign end product

that it intends to furnish under the

contract.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[OMB Control Number 0704–0332]

Information Collection Requirement;

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; DoD Pilot

Mentor-Protege Program

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments regarding a proposed revision

of an approved information collection

requirement.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3606(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

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

Chapter 35), DoD announces the

proposed revision of a public

information collection requirement and

seeks public comment on the provisions

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of DoD,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has approved this information

collection under OMB Control Numbers

0704–0332 (through June 30, 2001) and

0704–0412 (through July 31, 2003). This

revision combines the requirements

approved under OMB Control Numbers

0704–0332 and 0704–0412. DoD

proposed that OMB extend its approval

for use through June 30, 2004.

DATES: DoD will consider all comments

received by December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

submit written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection to: Defense

Acquisition Regulations Council, Attn:

Mrs. Susan L. Schneider, OUDS (AT&L)

DP (DAR), IMD 3C132, 3062 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3062.

Telefax (703) 602–0350.

E-mail comments submitted via the

Internet should be addressed to:

dfars@acq.osd.mil.

Please cite OMB Control Number

0704–0332 in all correspondence related

to this issue. E-mail comments should

cite OMB Control Number 0704–0332 in

the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Susan L. Schneider, at (703) 602–0326.

The information collection requirements

addressed in this notice are available

electronically via the Internet at: http:/

/www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html.

Paper copies are available from Mrs.

Susan L. Schneider, OUSD (AT&L) DP

(DAR), IMD 3C231, 3062 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and OMB Number: Defense

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) Appendix I, DoD

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Pilot Mentor-Protege Program; OMB

Control Number 0704–0332.

Needs and Uses: DoD needs this

information to evaluate whether the

purposes of the DoD Pilot MentorProtege Program have been met. The

purposes of the Program are to: (1)

Provide incentives to major DoD

contractors to assist protege firms in

enhancing their capabilities to satisfy

contract and subcontract requirements;

(2) increase the overall participation of

protege firms as subcontractors and

suppliers; and (3) foster the

establishment of long-term business

relationships between protege firms and

major DoD contractors. This Program

implements Section 831 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510) and

Section 811 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

(Public Law 106–65) (10 U.S.C. 2302

note). Participation in the Program is

voluntary.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Annual Burden Hours: 931 (includes

538 recordkeeping hours).

Number of Respondents: 269.

Responses Per Respondent: 3.

Annual Responses: 393.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour

reporting; 3.7 hours recordkeeping.

Frequency: Semiannually (mentor);

Annually (protege).

Summary of Information Collection

DFARS Appendix I–111(a) requires

mentor firms to report on the progress

made under active mentor-protege

agreements semiannually for the periods

ending March 31st and September 30th.

The September 30th report must address

the entire fiscal year. Reports must

include—

(1) Data on performance under the

mentor-protege agreement, including

dollars obligated, expenditures, credit

taken under the Program, small

disadvantaged business (SDB)

subcontract awards under DoD

contracts, developmental assistance

provided, impact of the agreement, and

progress of the agreement; and

(2) For each contract where

developmental assistance was credited

toward an SDB subcontracting goal, a

copy of Standard Form 294,

Subcontracting Report for Individual

Contracts, with a statement

identifying—

(i) The amount of dollars credited to

the SDB subcontracting goal as a result

of developmental assistance provided to

protege firms under the Program; and

(ii) The number and dollar value of

subcontracts awarded to the protege

firm(s), broken out per protege.

DFARS Appendix I–111(b) requires

the mentor firm and the protege firm to

annually provide data on the progress

made by the protege firm in

employment, revenues, and

participation in DoD contracts during

each fiscal year of the Program

participation term and each of the 2

fiscal years following the expiration of

the Program participation term. During

the Program participation term, the

firms may provide this data as part of

the mentor report required by I–111(a)

for the period ending September 30th.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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).

Title and OMB Number: Central

Contractor Registration (CCR); OMB

Number 0704–0400.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 300,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 300,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 0.5

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 150,000.

Needs and Uses: The Central

Registration (CCR) provides a single

point of entry for vendors that want to

do business with the Department of

Defense. As of June 1, 1998, both

current and potential DoD vendors are

required to register in the CCR in order

to do business with the DoD if the

contract solicitation occurred after May

31, 1998. Vendors are required to

complete a one-time registration to

provide basic information relevant to

procurement and financial transactions.

Vendors must update or renew their

registration annually to maintain active

status. The CCR validates the vendor’s

information and electronically shares

the secure and encrypted data with the

Defense Finance and Accounting

Service (DFAS) to facilitate paperless

payments through electronic funds

transfer (EFT). Additionally, CCR shares

the data with several government

procurement and electronic business

systems.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion and annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain and retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Lewis W.

Oleinick.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Oleinick at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD (Acquisition), Room 10236,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5001–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

meeting.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

(DSB) Task Force on Systems

Technology for the Future U.S. Strategic

Posture will meet in closed session on

November 13–14, 2000, at Offutt Air

Force Base, Nebraska. This Task Force

will review the likely nature and

evolution of potential future strategic

challenges to the U.S., advanced

technologies for nuclear weapons

systems and non-nuclear strategic

weapons systems, and advanced C4ISR

technology applications for strategic

contingencies.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology &

Logistics on scientific and technical

matters as they affect the perceived

needs of the Department of Defense. At

this meeting, the Defense Science Board

Task Force will consider the extent to

which technologies and systems

currently being developed and applied

for regional contingencies are relevant

and applicable to future strategic

contingencies; take into account