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technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, 

NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC 

20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0113, Acquisition of Helium, in 

all correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. 

William Clark, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 219–1813. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Helium Act (Pub. L. 86–777) (50 

U.S.C. 167, et seq.) and the Department 

of the Interior’s regulations (43 CFR part 

3195) on purchase of helium are 

implemented in the FAR at Subpart 8.5. 

The FAR requires contractors to 

purchase major helium requirements 

from Federal helium suppliers, to the 

extent that supplies are available. In 

addition, the Contractor is required to 

provide the Contracting Officer the 

following data within 10 days after the 

Contractor or subcontractor receives a 

delivery of helium from a Federal 

helium supplier: (1) The name of the 

supplier; (2) The amount of helium 

purchased; (3) The delivery date(s); and 

(4) The location where the helium was 

used. The information is used in 

administration of certain Federal 

contracts to ensure contractor 

compliance with contract clauses. The 

contracting officer must forward the 

information to the Department of 

Interior’s Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) within 45 days of the close of 

each fiscal quarter. The quarterly reports 

will help BLM verify refined helium 

sales made to Federal agencies by 

Federal helium suppliers. Without the 

information, the required use of Federal 

helium suppliers cannot be monitored 

and enforced effectively. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 26. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 26. 

Hours Per Response: 1. 

Total Burden Hours: 26. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0113, 

Acquisition of Helium, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: November 16, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000-0155] 

Information Collection; Prohibition on 

Acquisition of Products Produced by 

Forced or Indentured Child Labor 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding prohibition on acquisition of 

products produced by forced or 

indentured child labor. The clearance 

currently expires on January 31, 2008. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

February 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the Regulatory Secretariat 

(VIR), General Services Administration, 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0155, Prohibition on 

Acquisition of Products Produced by 

Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. 

Ernest Woodson, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–3775. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

This information collection complies 

with Executive Order 13126, Prohibition 

on Acquisition of Products Produced by 

Forced or Indentured Child Labor, 

signed by the President on June 12, 

1999. Executive Order 13126 requires 

that this prohibition be enforced within 

the federal acquisition system by means 

of: (1) A provision that requires the 

contractor to certify to the contracting 

officer that the contractor or, in the case 

of an incorporated contractor, a 

responsible official of the contractor has 

made a good faith effort to determine 

whether forced or indentured child 

labor was used to mine, produce, or 

manufacture any product furnished 

under the contract and that, on the basis 

of those efforts, the contractor is 

unaware of any such use of child labor; 

and (2) A provision that obligates the 

contractor to cooperate fully in 

providing reasonable access to the 

contractor’s records, documents, 

persons, or premises if reasonably 

requested by authorized officials of the 

contracting agency, the Department of 

the Treasury, or the Department of 

Justice, for the purpose of determining 

whether forced or indentured child 

labor was used to mine, produce, or 

manufacture any product furnished 

under the contract. 

The information collection 

requirements of the Executive Order are 

evidenced via the certification 

requirements delineated at FAR 

22.1505, 52.212–3, 52.222–18, and 

52.222–19. 

To eliminate some of the 

administrative burden on offerors who 

must submit the same information to 

various contracting offices, the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) decided to amend 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) to require offerors to submit 

representations and certifications 

electronically via the Business Partner 

Network (BPN), unless certain 

exceptions apply. Online 

Representations and Certifications 

Application (ORCA) is the specific 

application on the BPN to replace the 

paper based Representations and 

Certifications (Reps and Certs) process. 

The change to the FAR is being 

accomplished by FAR Case 2002—024. 

The clearance associated with this case 

referenced this OMB Control No. 9000–

0155 and reduced the hours of burden 

by 35%—attributable to mandated use 

of ORCA. This reduction is already 

reflected in the figures below. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Hours Per Response: 0.325. 

Total Burden Hours: 162. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

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documents from the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0155, Prohibition on Acquisition 

of Products Produced by Forced or 

Indentured Child Labor, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: November 21, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–5918 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Missile Defense Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense; Missile 

Defense Agency (MDA). 

ACTION: Notice of Closed Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) 

and the Government in the Sunshine 

Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) 

and 41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department 

of Defense announces that the following 

Federal advisory committee meeting 

will take place. 

Name of Committee: Missile Defense 

Advisory Committee. 

Dates of Meeting: Wednesday, 

December 19 and Thursday, December 

20, 2007. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Security 

clearance and visit requests are required 

for access. 

Location: 7100 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–7100. 

Purpose of the Meeting: At this 

meeting, the Committee will receive 

classified briefings by Missile Defense 

Agency senior staff, Program Managers, 

senior Department of Defense leaders, 

representatives from industry and the 

Services on the appropriate role for the 

Missile Defense Agency in Cruise 

Missile Defense. 

Agenda: Topics tentatively scheduled 

for discussion include, but are not 

limited to administrative work; 

responsibilities for Cruise Missile 

Defense development; current Missile 

Defense Agency Cruise Missile Defense 

capabilities and responsibilities; review 

of governing directives; and Cruise 

Missile Defense capabilities 

development programs for the Services. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.155 the Missile Defense Agency 

has determined that the meeting shall be 

closed to the public. The Director, 

Missile Defense Agency, in consultation 

with the Missile Defense Agency Office 

of General Counsel, has determined in 

writing that the public interest requires 

that all sessions of the committee’s 

meeting will be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned with 

classified information and matters 

covered by section 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

Committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer: Mr. Al Bready, mdac@mda.mil, 

phone/voice mail 703–695–6438, or 

mail at 7100 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–7100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, 

and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written statements to the 

membership of the Missile Defense 

Advisory Committee about its mission 

and functions. Written statements may 

be submitted at any time or in response 

to the stated agenda of a planned 

meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory 

Committee. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Missile Defense Advisory 

Committee, in the following formats: 

one hard copy with original signature 

and one electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file formats: Adobe Acrobat 

PDF, MS Word or MS PowerPoint), and 

this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Designated 

Federal Officer is as stated above and 

can also be obtained from the GSA’s 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

Statements being submitted in 

response to the agenda mentioned in 

this notice must be received by the 

Designated Federal Officer at the 

address listed at least five calendar days 

prior to the meeting which is the subject 

of this notice. Written statements 

received after this date may not be 

provided to or considered by the Missile 

Defense Advisory Committee until its 

next meeting. The Designated Federal 

Officer will review all timely 

submissions with the Missile Defense 

Advisory Committee Chairperson and 

ensure they are provided to all members 

of the Missile Defense Advisory 

Committee before the meeting that is the 

subject of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Al Bready, Designated Federal Officer at 

mdac@mda.mil, phone/voice mail 703–

695–6438, or mail at 7100 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–7100. 

Dated: November 27, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E7–23333 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Availability of Non-Exclusive, 

Exclusive License or Partially 

Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent 

Concerning Polymerization of 

Aromatic Monomers Using Derivatives 

of Hematin 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 

404.6, announcement is made of the 

availability for licensing of U.S. Patent 

No. U.S. 7,294,686 entitled 

‘‘Polymerization of Aromatic Monomers 

Using Derivatives of Hematin’’ issued 

November 13, 2007. This patent has 

been assigned to the United States 

Government as represented by the 

Secretary of the Army. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeffrey DiTullio at U.S. Army Soldier 

Systems Center, Kansas Street, Natick, 

MA 01760, Phone; (508) 233–4184 or Email: Jeffrey.Ditullio@natick.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any 

licenses granted shall comply with 35 

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Mandatory Provision of Full 

Replacement Value Coverage by 

Department of Defense Personal 

Property Transportation Service 

Providers (TSPs)/Contractors 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This cancels the notice 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2006 (71 FR 

75509). Pursuant to Chapter 157, 

§ 2636a of Title 10 United States Code 

enacted by Congress on November 26, 

2003, as amended by the Department of 

Defense Authorizations Act for FY 2007, 

the Military Surface Deployment and 

Distribution Command (SDDC), as the 

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