Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 164 / Friday, August 27, 2021 / Notices 48143 

Federal Communications Commission. 

David Furth, 

Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0324: Docket No. 

2021–0001; Sequence No. 10] 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Information 

Collection; Foreign Ownership and 

Financing Representation for HighSecurity Leased Space 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, GSA invites the 

public to comment on an extension 

concerning disclosure of foreign 

ownership information under highsecurity lease space acquisitions. OMB 

has approved this information 

collection for use through January 31, 

2022. GSA proposes that OMB extend 

its approval for use for three additional 

years beyond the current expiration 

date. 

DATES: GSA will consider all comments 

received by October 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments on this 

information collection to https://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘Information Collection 

3090–0324’’. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

Information Collection 3090–0324. 

Follow the instructions provided at the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please include 

your name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 3090–0324’’ on 

your attached document. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘Information Collection 

3090–0324’’ in all correspondence 

related to this collection. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to regulations.gov, 

including any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check regulations.gov 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen Carroll, 817–253–7858, General 

Services Acquisition Policy Division, by 

email at gsarpolicy@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides 

that an agency generally cannot conduct 

or sponsor a collection of information, 

and no person is required to respond to, 

nor be subject to, a penalty for failure 

to comply with a collection of 

information, unless that collection has 

obtained Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval and displays a 

currently valid OMB Control Number. 

Consistent with 5 CFR 1320.13, GSA 

requested and OMB authorized 

emergency processing of an information 

collection, as OMB Control Number 

3090–0324, to identify the immediate or 

highest-level owner of high-security 

leased space, including any financing 

entity, and disclose whether that owner 

or financing entity is a foreign person or 

entity, including the country associated 

with the ownership or financing entity 

through GSAR 552.270–33. GSA has 

determined the following conditions 

have been met: 

a. The collection of information is needed 

prior to the expiration of time periods 

normally associated with a routine 

submission for review under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act, because the 

disclosure requirements of Section 3 of the 

Secure Federal LEASEs Act (Pub. L. 116–276) 

were effective on June 30, 2021. 

b. The collection of information is essential 

to GSA’s mission to ensure GSA complies 

with Section 3 in order to reduce security 

risks such as espionage and unauthorized 

cyber and physical access in high-security 

leased space. 

c. GSA cannot comply with the normal 

clearance procedures because public harm is 

reasonably likely to result if current 

clearance procedures are followed. 

This requirement supports 

implementation of Section 3 of the 

Secure Federal LEASEs Act (Pub. L. 

116–276) for high-security leased space. 

This section requires offerors to identify 

the immediate or highest-level owner of 

the space, including any financing 

entity, and disclose whether that owner 

or financing entity is a foreign person or 

entity, including the country associated 

with the ownership entity. The offerors 

shall (1) provide such identification and 

disclosure when first submitting a 

proposal in response to a solicitation; 

and, if awarded the lease, (2) update 

such information annually. 

This requirement is partially 

implemented in the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) through the provisions 

at FAR 52.204–3, Taxpayer 

Identification, FAR 52.204–7, System 

for Award Management, FAR 52.204– 

17, Ownership and Control of Offeror, 

and clause at FAR 52.204–13, System 

for Award Management Maintenance. 

OMB Control Numbers 9000–0097 and 

9000–0185 cover the FAR provisions 

and clause. However, the FAR does not 

account for foreign financing as required 

by the Act. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

This information collection applies to 

GSA lease procurements for highsecurity space. The annual public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information through GSAR 552.270–33 

is estimated based on the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

The annual reporting burden is 

estimated as follows: 

1. Initial Disclosure 

Baseline Representation 

Estimated annual responses: 542. 

Estimated hours per response: 2. 

Additional Representation 

Estimated annual responses: 54. 

Estimated hours per response: 10. 

Total Initial Response Burden Hours: 

1,624. 

2. Annual Updates 

Estimated annual responses: 542. 

Estimated hours per response: 0.25. 

Total Update Response Burden Hours: 

136. 

C. Public Comments 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary; 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; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways in 

which we can minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, through the use of 

appropriate technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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