[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 32163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15986]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0130]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review; Buy 
American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate

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.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
Regulatory 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 concerning Buy 
American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate. A 
request for public comments was published in the Federal Register at 74 
FR 17664, April 16, 2009.
    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.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 6, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden, to: General Services Administration (GSA), OMB 
Desk Officer, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and send a copy 
to the Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0130, Buy 
American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate, in 
all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Meredith Murphy, Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 208-6925.

A. Purpose

    Under the Free Trade Agreements Act of 1979, unless specifically 
exempted by statute or regulation, agencies are required to evaluate 
offers over a certain dollar limitation to supply an eligible product 
without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act or the 
Balance of Payments program. Offerors identify excluded end products 
and FTA end products on this certificate.
    The contracting officer uses the information to identify the 
offered items which are domestic and FTA country end products so as to 
give these products a preference during the evaluation of offers. Items 
having components of unknown origin are considered to have been mined, 
produced, or manufactured outside the United States.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,083.
    Responses Per Respondent: 5.
    Annual Responses: 5,415.
    Hours Per Response: .117.
    Total Burden Hours: 634.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0130, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli 
Trade Act Certificate, in all correspondence.

    Dated: June 23, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-15986 Filed 7-6-09; 8:45 am]
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