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Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Installations and Environment) 

20. Mr. Craig R. Schmauder, Deputy 

General Counsel (Installation, 

Environment and Civil Works), 

Office of the General Counsel 

21. Mr. Karl F. Schneider, Acting 

Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Manpower and Reserve Affairs), 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

the Army (Manpower and Reserve 

Affairs) 

22. Mr. Matthew L. Scully, Deputy Chief 

of Staff G–8, United States Army 

Training and Doctrine Command 

23. Ms. Heidi Shyu, Assistant Secretary 

of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics 

and Technology), Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Acquisition, Logistics and 

Technology) 

24. Mr. Lawrence Stubblefield, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Diversity and Leadership), Office 

of the Assistant Secretary of the 

Army (Manpower and Reserve 

Affairs) 

25. MG Todd T. Semonite, Deputy 

Commanding General, United 

States Army Corps of Engineers 

26. MG Peter D. Utley, Commanding 

General, United States Army Test 

and Evaluation Command 

27. GEN Dennis L. Via, Commanding 

General, United States Army 

Materiel Command 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2013–0036] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Foreign 

Acquisition 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension 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 requirement for use through 

January 31, 2014. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for use for 

three additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by December 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0229, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Æ Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB 

Control Number 0704–229 in the subject 

line of the message. 

Æ Fax: (571) 372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Amy 

Williams, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 

3060 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B855, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Williams, (571) 372–6106. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available on 

the World Wide Web at: http://

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Ms. Amy Williams, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3060, Room 

3B855, Defense Pentagon, Washington, 

DC 20301–30602. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Foreign Acquisition—Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement Part 225 and Related 

Clauses at 252.225; DD Form 2139; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0229. 

Needs and Uses: DoD needs this 

information to ensure compliance with 

restrictions on the acquisition of foreign 

products imposed by statute or policy to 

protect the industrial base; to ensure 

compliance with U.S. trade agreements 

and memoranda of understanding that 

promote reciprocal trade with U.S. 

allies; and to prepare reports for 

submission to the Department of 

Commerce on the Balance of Payments 

Program. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 64,256 (64,161 

reporting hours and 95 recordkeeping 

hours). 

Number of Respondents: 23,197. 

Responses per Respondent: 9.01. 

Annual Responses: 209,117. 

Average Burden per Response: .31 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information collection includes 

requirements related to foreign 

acquisition in DFARS Part 225, Foreign 

Acquisition, and the related clause at 

DFARS 252.225. 

DFARS 252.225–7000, Buy American 

Act—Balance of Payments Program 

Certificate, as prescribed in 225.1101(1), 

requires an offeror to identify, in its 

proposal, supplies that are not domestic 

end products, separately listing 

qualifying country and other foreign end 

products. 

DFARS 252.225–7003, Report of 

Intended Performance Outside the 

United States and Canada—Submission 

with Offer, and 252.225–7004, Report of 

Intended Performance Outside the 

United States and Canada—Submission 

after Award, as prescribed in 

225.7204(a) and (b) respectively, require 

offerors and contractors to submit a 

Report of Contract Performance Outside 

the United States for subcontracts to be 

performed outside the United States. 

The reporting threshold is $550,000 for 

contracts that exceed $11.5 million. The 

contractor may submit the report on DD 

Form 2139, Report of Contract 

Performance Outside the United States, 

or a computer-generated report that 

contains all information required by DD 

Form 2139. 

DFARS 252.225–7005, Identification 

of Expenditures in the United States, as 

prescribed in 225.1103(1), requires 

contractors incorporated or located in 

the United States to identify, on each 

request for payment under contracts for 

supplies to be used, or for construction 

or services to be performed, outside the 

United States, that part of the requested 

payment representing estimated 

expenditures in the United States. 

DFARS 252.225–7006, Quarterly 

Reporting of Actual Contract 

Performance Outside the United States, 

as prescribed at 252.7204(c) for use in 

solicitations and contracts with a value 

exceeding $550,000, requires reporting 

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of subcontracts that exceed the 

simplified acquisition threshold. 

DFARS 252.225–7010, Commercial 

Derivative Military Article—Specialty 

Metals Compliance Certificate, as 

prescribed at 225.7003–5(b), requires 

the offeror to certify that it will take 

certain actions with regard to specialty 

metals if the offeror chooses to use the 

alternative compliance approach when 

providing commercial derivative 

military articles to the Government. 

DFARS 252.225–7013, Duty-Free 

Entry, as prescribed in 225.1101(4), 

requires the contractor to provide 

information on shipping documents and 

customs forms regarding products that 

are eligible for duty-free entry. 

DFARS 252.225–7018, Photovoltaic 

Devices—Certificate, as prescribed at 

225.7017–4(b), requires offerors to 

certify that no photovoltaic devices with 

an estimated value exceeding $3,000 

will be utilized in performance of the 

contract or to specify the country of 

origin. 

DFARS 252.225–7020, Trade 

Agreements Certificate, as prescribed in 

225.1101(5), 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. Either 252.225–7020 or 

252.225–7022 is used in any solicitation 

for products subject to the World Trade 

Organization Government Procurement 

Agreement. 

DFARS 252.225–7021, Alternate II, 

Trade Agreements, as prescribed in 

225.1101(6)(ii), in order to comply with 

a condition of the waiver authority 

provided by the United States Trade 

Representative to the Secretary of 

Defense, requires contractors from a 

south Caucasus/central or south Asian 

state to inform the government of its 

participation in the acquisition and also 

advise their governments that they 

generally will not have such 

opportunities in the future unless their 

governments provide reciprocal 

procurement opportunities to U.S. 

products and services and suppliers of 

such products and services. 

DFARS 252.225–7023, Preference for 

Products or Services from Afghanistan, 

as prescribed in 225.7703–5(a), requires 

an offeror to identify, in its proposal, 

products or services that are not 

products or services from Iraq or 

Afghanistan. 

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 contain forging items that are of 

domestic manufacture only. The 

contractor must retain the records for 3 

years after final payment and must make 

the records available upon request of the 

contracting officer. The contractor may 

request a waiver of this requirement in 

accordance with DFARS 225.7102–3. 

DFARS 252.225–7032, Waiver of 

United Kingdom Levies—Evaluation of 

Offers, and 252.225–7033, Waiver of 

United Kingdom Levies, as prescribed 

in 225.1101(7) and (8), require an offeror 

to provide information to the 

contracting officer regarding any United 

Kingdom levies included in the offered 

price, and require 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(9), 

requires an offeror to list any qualifying 

country, NAFTA country, or other 

foreign end product that it intends to 

furnish under the contract. The Buy 

American Act no longer applies to 

acquisitions of commercial information 

technology. 

DFARS 252.225–7046, Exports of 

Approved Community Members in 

Response to the Solicitation, requires a 

representation whether exports or 

transfers of qualifying defense articles 

were made in preparing the response to 

the solicitation. If yes, the offeror 

represents that such exports or transfers 

complied with the requirements of the 

provision. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2013–0035] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; 

Organizational Conflict of Interest in 

Major Defense Acquisition Programs 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension 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 requirement for use through 

December 31 2013. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for use for 

three additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by December 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0477, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Æ Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB 

Control Number 0704–0477 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Æ Fax: (571) 372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Annette Gray, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Annette Gray,(571)372–6093. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available on 

the World Wide Web at: http://

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Ms. Annette Gray, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) subpart 209.5, 

Organizational and Consultant Conflicts 

of Interest, and related provision at 

DFARS 252.209–7008, Notice of 

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