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electronically to 

Comments.applications@chi.frb.org: 

1. Christopher M. George, Fremont, 

California; to acquire voting shares of 

Greenwoods Financial Group, Inc., and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of The Greenwood’s State Bank, both of 

Lake Mills, Wisconsin. 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0198; Docket No. 

2024–0053; Sequence No. 20] 

Information Collection; Certain Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 9 

Requirements 

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, DoD, GSA, and 

NASA invite the public to comment on 

an extension concerning certain Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 9 

requirements. DoD, GSA, and NASA 

invite comments on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of Federal Government 

acquisitions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the estimate of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

OMB has approved this information 

collection for use through April 30, 

2025. DoD, GSA, and NASA propose 

that OMB extend its approval for use for 

three additional years beyond the 

current expiration date. 

DATES: DoD, GSA, and NASA will 

consider all comments received by 

February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: DoD, GSA, and NASA 

invite interested persons to submit 

comments on this collection through 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions on the site. This website 

provides the ability to type short 

comments directly into the comment 

field or attach a file for lengthier 

comments. If there are difficulties 

submitting comments, contact the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0198, 

Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Part 9 Requirements. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and 

Any Associated Form(s) 

9000–0198, Certain Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 9 

Requirements. 

B. Need and Uses 

This clearance covers the information 

that offerors and contractors must 

submit to comply with the following 

FAR requirements: 

1. FAR 52.209–1, Qualification 

Requirements. This clause requires 

offerors to provide with their proposal: 

Their name, the manufacturer’s name, 

source’s name, item’s name, service 

identification, and test number (if 

known) for a proposed product or 

service that has already been 

determined to meet the qualification 

standards. If an offeror, manufacturer, 

source, product or service has met the 

qualification requirement but is not yet 

on a qualified products list, qualified 

manufacturers list, or qualified bidders 

list, this clause requires the offeror to 

submit evidence of qualification prior to 

award of a contract. 

2. FAR 52.209–2, 52.209–10, and 

52.212–3(n), Prohibition on Contracting 

with Inverted Domestic Corporations. 

FAR provision 52.209–2, Prohibition on 

Contracting with Inverted Domestic 

Corporations-Representation, and its 

equivalent for commercial acquisitions 

at FAR 52.212–3(n), requires each 

offeror to represent whether it is, or is 

not, an inverted domestic corporation or 

a subsidiary of an inverted domestic 

corporation. 

FAR clause 52.209–10, Prohibition on 

Contracting with Inverted Domestic 

Corporations, requires contractors to 

promptly notify the contracting officer 

in the event the contractor becomes an 

inverted domestic corporation or a 

subsidiary of an inverted domestic 

corporation during the period of 

performance of the contract. 

3. FAR 52.209–5, 52.209–6, and 

52.212–3(h), Debarment, Suspension, 

and other Responsibility Matters. FAR 

provision 52.209–5, Certification 

Regarding Responsibility Matters, and 

its equivalent for commercial 

acquisitions at FAR 52.212–3(h), require 

the disclosure of the following critical 

information by an offeror to be 

considered by the contracting officer in 

making a responsibility determination: 

• Whether the offeror or any of its 

principals have been— 

Æ Debarred, suspended, proposed for 

debarment, declared ineligible for 

contract award; 

Æ Within a three-year period 

preceding their offer: 

• Convicted of or had a civil 

judgment rendered against them or 

indicted for commission of a fraud or a 

criminal offense in connection with 

obtaining, attempting to obtain, or 

performing a public (Federal, State, or 

local) contract or subcontract, violation 

of Federal or State antitrust statutes 

relating to the submission of offers, or 

commission of embezzlement, theft, 

forgery, bribery, falsification or 

destruction of records, making false 

statements, tax evasion, violating 

Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

stolen property; 

• Notified of any delinquent Federal 

taxes in an amount that exceeds $10,000 

for which the liability remains 

unsatisfied; 

• Had one or more contracts 

terminated for default by any Federal 

agency; or 

• Are presently indicted for, or 

otherwise criminally or civilly charged 

by a governmental entity with 

commission of any of the offenses 

identified above. 

If the offeror has responded 

affirmatively to the certifications in the 

FAR provisions at 52.209–5 or 52.212– 

3(h), the offeror shall provide additional 

information if requested by the 

contracting officer. 

The offeror shall also provide 

immediate written notice to the 

contracting officer if, at any time prior 


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to contract award, the offeror learns that 

its certification was erroneous when 

submitted or has become erroneous by 

reason of changed circumstances. 

Paragraph (c) of the FAR clause at 

52.209–6, Protecting the Government’s 

Interest When Subcontracting with 

Contractor’s Debarred, Suspended, or 

Proposed for Debarment, requires the 

contractor to require each proposed 

subcontractor whose subcontract will 

exceed $35,000, other than a 

subcontractor providing a commercially 

available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, to 

disclose to the contractor in writing, 

whether as of the time of award of the 

subcontract, the subcontractor, or its 

principals, is or is not debarred, 

suspended, or proposed for debarment 

by the Government. 

Paragraph (d) of the FAR clause at 

52.209–6 requires a corporate officer or 

designee of the contractor to notify the 

contracting officer, in writing, before 

entering into a subcontract (for other 

than COTS items) with a party that is 

debarred, suspended, or proposed for 

debarment. The written notice must 

include: The name of the subcontractor; 

why the subcontractor is debarred, 

suspended, or ineligible; the compelling 

reason(s) for doing business with the 

subcontractor; and how the contractor 

will protect the Government’s interests 

when dealing with such subcontractor. 

For any subcontract subject to 

Government consent, contracting 

officers shall not consent to such 

subcontracts unless the agency head or 

a designee states in writing the 

compelling reasons for approving such 

subcontract. 

4. FAR 52.209–7 and 52.209–9, 

Information Regarding Responsibility 

Matters and Updates to that Publicly 

Available Information. FAR provision 

52.209–7, Information Regarding 

Responsibility Matters, requires each 

offeror to represent whether it has 

current active Federal contracts and 

grants with a total value greater than 

$10 million. The provision also requires 

each offeror to post in the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS), as 

required by maintaining an active 

registration in the System for Award 

Management (SAM), information on 

whether the offeror and/or any of its 

principals has, or has not, within the 

past five years, in connection with the 

award to or performance by the offeror 

of a federal contract or grant, been the 

subject of a proceeding, at the Federal 

or State level, that resulted in: 

(a) A criminal conviction in the case 

of a criminal proceeding; 

(b) The finding of fault and liability in 

a civil proceeding resulting in the 

payment of $5,000 or more in damages, 

restitution, reimbursement, fine or 

penalty; 

(c) The finding of fault and liability in 

an administrative proceeding resulting 

in the payment of a monetary fine or 

penalty of $5,000 or more, or the 

payment of a reimbursement, 

restitution, or damages in excess of 

$100,000; or 

(d) In a criminal, civil, or 

administrative proceeding, a disposition 

of the matter by consent or compromise 

with an acknowledgement of fault by 

the contractor if the proceeding could 

have led to any of the outcomes 

specified in (4)(a) through (c) above. 

Paragraph (a) of the FAR clause 

52.209–9, Updates of Publicly Available 

Information Regarding Responsibility 

Matters, requires contractors to update 

the information in FAPIIS on a 

semiannual basis, throughout the life of 

the contract, by posting the information 

in SAM. Paragraph (c) of the FAR clause 

52.209–9 informs contractors of their 

ability to provide feedback on 

information posted by the Government 

in FAPIIS and the procedure to follow 

in the event information exempt from 

public disclosure is slated to become 

publicly available information in 

FAPIIS. 

5. FAR 52.209–11, 52.209–12, and 

52.212–3(q), Prohibition on Contracting 

With Corporations with Delinquent 

Taxes or a Felony Conviction. FAR 

provision 52.209–11, Representation by 

Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax 

Liability or a Felony Conviction under 

any Federal Law, and its equivalent for 

commercial acquisitions at FAR 52.212– 

3(q), require offerors to represent 

whether the offeror is a corporation 

that— 

• Has any unpaid Federal tax liability 

that has been assessed, for which all 

judicial and administrative remedies 

have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

and that is not being paid in a timely 

manner pursuant to an agreement with 

the authority responsible for collecting 

the tax liability; and 

• Was convicted of a felony criminal 

violation under a Federal law within the 

preceding 24 months. 

FAR provision 52.209–12, 

Certification Regarding Tax Matters, 

require offerors proposing a total 

contract price that will exceed $5.5 

million (including options) to certify 

that, to the best of the offeror’s 

knowledge and belief, it— 

• Has filed all Federal tax returns 

required during the three years 

preceding the certification; 

• Has not been convicted of a 

criminal offense under the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986; and 

• Has not, more than 90 days prior to 

certification, been notified of any 

unpaid Federal tax assessment for 

which the liability remains unsatisfied, 

unless the assessment is the subject of 

an installment agreement or offer in 

compromise that has been approved by 

the Internal Revenue Service and is not 

in default, or the assessment is the 

subject of a non-frivolous administrative 

or judicial proceeding. 

6. FAR 52.209–13, Violations of Arms 

Control Treaties or Agreements with the 

United States. Unless the offeror is 

providing evidence of a waiver or 

determination in accordance with 

paragraph (b)(2) of the FAR provision at 

52.209–13, Violation of Arms Control 

Treaties or Agreements—Certification, 

paragraph (b)(1) of the provision 

requires offerors to certify that— 

• The offeror does not engage and has 

not engaged in any activity that 

contributed to or is a significant factor 

in the President’s or Secretary of State’s 

determination that a foreign country is 

in violation of its obligations 

undertaken in any arms control, 

nonproliferation, or disarmament 

agreement to which the United States is 

a party, or is not adhering to its arms 

control, nonproliferation, or 

disarmament commitments in which the 

United States is a participating state. 

The determinations are described in the 

most recent unclassified annual report 

provided to Congress pursuant to 

section 403 of the Arms Control and 

Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a); and 

• No entity owned or controlled by 

the offeror is an entity organized under 

the laws of such country, that engages 

or has engaged in any activity that 

contributed to or is a significant factor 

in the President’s or Secretary of State’s 

determination that a foreign country is 

in violation of its obligations 

undertaken in any arms control, 

nonproliferation, or disarmament 

agreement to which the United States is 

a party, or is not adhering to its arms 

control, nonproliferation, or 

disarmament commitments in which the 

United States is a participating state. 

Contracting officers use the collected 

information described above to 

determine an offeror’s responsibility for 

contract award. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 1,973,803. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,177,511. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,125,803. 

(589,703 reporting hours + 536,100 

recordkeeping hours). 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division by 


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1See https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ 

chestradiography/php/breader/. 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0198, Certain Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 9 

Requirements. 

Janet Fry, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket No. CDC–2024–0103; NIOSH 355] 

Expansion of NIOSH B Reader 

Certification Eligibility; Request for 

Information 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The B Reader Program, 

administered by CDC’s National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), is seeking information 

from experts in occupational respiratory 

health surveillance and radiology, nurse 

practitioners, physician assistants, 

workers exposed to mineral dust and 

unions representing such workers, 

industry and other parties interested in 

allowing nurse practitioners and 

physician assistants to be eligible to take 

the NIOSH B Reader examination and 

become certified B Readers if they 

successfully pass the examination. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert 

A. Taft Laboratories, MS C–34, 1090 

Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 

45226–1998. 

Instructions: All written submissions 

received in response to this document 

must include the agency name and 

docket number (CDC–2024–0103; 

NIOSH–355) for this activity. All 

relevant comments, including any 

personal information provided, will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 

comments by email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura E. Reynolds, NIOSH B Reader 

Program, Respiratory Health Division, 

1095 Willowdale Road, MS HG900.2, 

Morgantown, WV 26505–2888; (304) 

285–5853 (this is not a toll-free 

number); lreynolds@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NIOSH B Reader program, established 

in 42 CFR 37.52, certifies physicians as 

being able to apply the International 

Labour Organization (ILO) International 

Classification of Radiographs of 

Pneumoconioses in classifying 

posteroanterior chest radiographic 

images for the presence and severity of 

appearances of pneumoconiosis (a type 

of dust-induced lung disease). In the 

United States, B Readers classify chest 

radiographic images of workers 

participating in health surveillance 

programs.1 These workers have jobs 

involving exposure to mineral dusts that 

can cause pneumoconiosis such as coal 

mine dust, crystalline silica, and 

asbestos. 

B Readers participate in several types 

of activities involving classification of 

chest radiographs. Physicians who 

classify chest radiographs for certain 

Federal surveillance programs such as 

the NIOSH Coal Workers’ Health 

Surveillance Program must be B 

Readers. Additionally, B Readers 

provide classifications for research 

purposes and for certain legal and 

administrative activities such as 

compensation programs. 

Currently, only physicians licensed to 

practice medicine in the United States 

can serve as certified B Readers in the 

United States, and only after 

successfully completing the B Reader 

examination. The examination, 

developed by NIOSH in partnership 

with the American College of Radiology, 

is rigorous and tests physicians’ ability 

to apply the ILO classification system. 

International physicians may also take 

the B Reader examination to document 

their ability to apply the ILO 

classification system, but those who 

pass the examination do not serve as 

certified B Readers in the United States. 

As of October 2024, 184 U.S. 

physicians based in 35 States and 2 

Territories are NIOSH-certified B 

Readers. NIOSH is interested in 

ensuring that B Readers are available to 

classify chest radiographs obtained in 

all states and territories. To meet this 

goal, NIOSH is requesting information 

from parties interested in allowing 

nurse practitioners and physician 

assistants to be eligible to take the 

NIOSH B Reader examination and 

become certified B Readers if they 

successfully pass the examination. 

NIOSH is particularly interested in 

receiving information about the 

following questions: 

1. What is the current demand for B 

Readers, and would expanding the 

program to include nurse practitioners 

and physician assistants help meet this 

demand? 

2. Are there specific geographic areas 

or populations that might benefit from 

having nurse practitioners and 

physician assistants certified as B 

Readers? 

3. Are there any potential risks 

associated with expanding the B Reader 

certification to nurse practitioners and 

physician assistants and, if so, how can 

those risks be mitigated? 

4. ILO classification of chest 

radiographs is not the same as clinical 

interpretation. Are there states where 

scope of practice and standards of care 

allow nurse practitioners and physician 

assistants to perform clinical 

interpretation of chest radiographs 

without physician oversight? In states 

where physician oversight is required 

for clinical interpretation, is it also 

required for ILO classification? What 

would be the best approach to ensuring 

that appropriate clinical interpretations 

are obtained for all contemporary chest 

radiographs undergoing ILO 

classification by nurse practitioners and 

physician assistants? 

5. How do you anticipate different 

interested parties (e.g., physicians, 

nurse practitioners and physician 

assistants, industry representatives, 

workers, health profession boards) 

would view the potential expansion of 

the B Reader program to include nonphysicians? 

6. What challenges might arise during 

the implementation of this expansion, 

and how could they be effectively 

managed? 

7. Do you have any other information 

or comments relevant to whether nurse 

practitioners and physician assistants 

should be able to become B Readers 

and, if so, the best way to implement 

that expansion? 

John J. Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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