81_FR_76597 81 FR 76385 - Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft

81 FR 76385 - Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 212 (November 2, 2016)

Page Range76385-76392
FR Document2016-26464

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise OMB Circular A- 126 ``Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft'' to update policies associated with the management and use of Government aircraft, including General Services Administration (GSA) and agency roles in regulating and managing the Federal aviation programs that have evolved since the Circular was last revised in 1992. The proposed changes also address recommendations from the Interagency Committee for Aviation Policy (ICAP) to make a clearer distinction between polices that apply to the management of aircraft and policies that apply to travel on Government aircraft.

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement Policy


Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft

AGENCY: Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and 
Budget

ACTION: Proposed Revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular 
No. A-126, ``Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft.''

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SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise OMB Circular A-
126 ``Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft'' to 
update policies associated with the management and use of Government 
aircraft, including General Services Administration (GSA) and agency 
roles in regulating and managing the Federal aviation programs that 
have evolved since the Circular was last revised in 1992. The proposed 
changes also address recommendations from the Interagency Committee for 
Aviation Policy (ICAP) to make a clearer distinction between polices 
that apply to the management of aircraft and policies that apply to 
travel on Government aircraft.

DATES: Interested parties should submit comments in writing to the 
address below on or before 30 days after publication in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted online at www.regulations.gov.
    Instructions: All comments received will be posted, without change 
or redaction, to www.regulations.gov, so commenters should not include 
information that they do not wish to be posted (for example because 
they consider it personal or business confidential).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Wade, OFPP, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview

    Federal agencies own more than 1,200 operational aircraft to 
support a wide range of missions, including fire-fighting, law 
enforcement, research and development, and other activities. Federal 
aircraft are also used in various situations to transport certain 
executives. OMB Circular A-126 sets forth requirements to help ensure 
the appropriate agency use of Government aircraft.
    Traditionally, the Circular has focused primarily on travel policy. 
When the Circular was last updated in 1992, coverage was strengthened 
to restrict the operation of aircraft to defined official purposes, 
restrict travel on such aircraft, require special review of such travel 
by senior officials or non-Federal travelers, and codify policies for 
reimbursement. The proposed revisions to A-126 would retain these 
policies but make several refinements to address recommendations made 
by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a 2014 report (GAO-14-
151) recommending clarification on reporting exemptions for the 
Intelligence Community. Currently, the Circular exempts the reporting 
of classified trips, but the reporting of unclassified data is not 
explicitly addressed. To resolve this ambiguity, the proposed revisions 
to the Circular would include a clear statement that the Intelligence

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Community must maintain information on trips by senior Federal 
officials and non-Federal travelers, but agencies included in the 
community would not be required to report the data to the General 
Services Administration (GSA). Similarly, other agencies must maintain 
information on the required use of Government aircraft, but they are 
not required to report the data to GSA.
    Other proposed revisions would clarify the requirements for 
contractors traveling on Government aircraft and expand the guidance 
for determining whether Government aircraft is the most cost-effective 
alternative for meeting travel requirements.
    Further revisions are proposed to enhance the Circular's coverage 
on aircraft management. These changes are designed to integrate a 
number of policies and practices that have been developed or refined 
since the Circular was last updated that strengthen investment and 
management practices associated with capital assets. For example, the 
Circular adds references to long-standing requirements in OMB Circular 
A-11 to prepare a business case that justifies the acquisition and 
operation of a capital asset; requires agencies to maintain an office 
dedicated to aircraft management; establishes flight program standards 
and performance indicators; and encourages the use of the Exchange/Sale 
program for replacing and disposing of aircraft. Other changes include 
broadening the definition of Government aircraft to include unmanned 
aircraft systems and the addition of definitions of Commercial Aviation 
Services (CAS), fixed costs, variable costs, performance indicator, and 
Senior Aviation Management Official (SAMO). Finally, for clarification 
and ease of use, the Circular is reorganized into separate parts for 
management, travel, and cost accounting.
    OMB requests comments on these proposals as well as on other 
aspects of the Circular.

Lesley A. Field,
Acting Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.

To the Heads of Executive Departments and Establishments

Subject: Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft

    1. Purpose. This Circular is issued to minimize cost and improve 
the management, safety and efficiency of Government aviation 
activities. It prescribes policies to be followed by Executive Agencies 
in acquiring, managing, using, disposing of, and accounting for costs 
of aircraft.
    2. Supersession Information. This Circular rescinds and supersedes 
OMB Circular No. A-126, Improving the Management and Use of Government 
Aircraft, dated May 22, 1992.
    3. Authority. This Circular is issued pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 1121 
and 31 U.S.C. 1344.
    4. Overview. In general, Government-wide policy guidance for use of 
Government aircraft restricts the operation to official purposes, i.e., 
mission requirements, required-use, and other official travel; 
restricts travel on such aircraft; requires special review of such 
travel by senior officials or Non-Federal Travelers; and codifies 
policies for reimbursement. This Circular is being revised to respond 
to recommendations from the Federal aviation community that OMB's 
aviation guidance make a clearer distinction between policies that 
apply to the management of Government aircraft and policies that apply 
to travel on Government aircraft. This revision also formalizes General 
Services Administration (GSA) and agency roles in regulating and 
managing the Federal aviation programs that have evolved since the 
Circular was last revised in 1992.
    This Circular applies to all Executive Agencies and to all 
Government aircraft except for aircraft used by or in support of the 
President or Vice President.
    5. Definitions. For purposes of this Circular, the following 
definitions apply.
    a. Acquire means to procure or otherwise obtain personal property, 
including by lease or rent (FMR 102-33.20).
    b. Aircraft means any contrivance invented, used, or designed to 
navigate, or fly in, the air (49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(6)).
    c. Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) include aircraft that are 
leased, lease-purchased, rented, chartered, hired under full service 
contracts, or hired under inter-service support agreements, and related 
support services.
    d. Crew Member means a person assigned to perform duty in an 
aircraft during flight time (14 CFR part 1.1).
    e. Federal Traveler means a person who travels as a Passenger, a 
Crew Member, or a Qualified Non-Crew Member, on a Government aircraft 
and who is either (1) a civilian employee of an Executive Agency 
including invitational travelers per 5 U.S.C. 5703; (2) a member of a 
uniformed or a foreign service of the United States Government; or (3) 
a contractor working under a contract with an Executive Agency.
    f. Fixed Costs of operating aircraft are those that result from 
owning and supporting the aircraft and that do not vary according to 
aircraft usage. The specific fixed cost elements are defined in GSA's 
Aircraft Cost Accounting Guide and include, but are not limited to: 
Crew, maintenance, labor, parts, contracts, lease costs, operations 
overhead, administrative overhead, self-insurance costs, and 
depreciation.
    g. Full Coach Fare means city pairs capacity-controlled fare. In 
the absence of availability of capacity-controlled city pairs, it is a 
city pairs unrestricted coach fare. If no city pair fare is available 
for that route, full coach fare is the lowest available coach fare 
available to the general public from any source between the day that 
the travel was planned and the day the travel occurred.
    h. Government Aircraft means manned or unmanned aircraft operated 
for the exclusive use of an Executive Agency. Government aircraft 
include (1) Federal aircraft as defined in FMR 102-33.20; and (2) 
Aircraft hired as commercial aviation services (CAS).
    i. Governmental Function means an activity undertaken by a 
government, such as national defense, intelligence missions, 
firefighting, search and rescue, law enforcement (including transport 
of prisoners, detainees, and illegal aliens), aeronautical research, or 
biological or geological resource management, which is a partial 
qualification for a Public Aircraft Operation as defined in 49 U.S.C. 
40125.
    j. Mission Requirements mean activities that constitute the 
discharge of an agency's Governmental functions. Such activities 
include, but are not limited to, the transport of troops and/or 
equipment, training related to the operation of or duties on board the 
aircraft, evacuation (including medical evacuation), intelligence and 
counter-narcotics activities, search and rescue, transportation of 
prisoners, use of defense attach[eacute]-controlled aircraft, 
aeronautical research and space and science applications, and other 
such activities. For purposes of this Circular, mission requirements do 
not include official travel to give speeches, to attend conferences or 
meetings, to make routine site visits, or to attend training not 
related to the operation of the aircraft.
    k. Non-Federal Traveler means an individual who travels on a 
Government aircraft, but is not a Federal traveler. Dependents and 
other family members of Federal travelers who travel on Government 
aircraft are considered to be Non-Federal Travelers within this 
Circular.

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    l. Official Travel means (1) travel to meet mission requirements, 
(2) required-use travel, and (3) other travel to conduct non-mission 
agency business, either departure and return from one location, or 
between locations.
    m. Passenger means a traveler who is not a Crew Member or a 
Qualified Non-Crew Member.
    n. Performance Indicator means a numerical or qualitative term or 
value for reporting organizational activities and results, generally 
with respect to achieving specific goals related to outcomes, outputs, 
efficiency, and inputs. When applied to aircraft, performance 
indicators typically measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the 
processes involved with safely delivering aircraft services. Examples 
are Operations Scheduling Effectiveness; Aircraft Availability Rates; 
Non-Availability Rates; Mission Capable and Non-mission Rates; Non-
airworthy Maintenance Rates; and Non-airworthy Supply Rates.
    o. Public Aircraft Operation means the same as the term defined in 
49 U.S.C. 40102 and 49 U.S.C. 40125.
    p. Qualified Non-Crew Member means an individual, other than a 
member of the crew, aboard an aircraft (1) operated by the armed forces 
or an intelligence agency of the United States Government; or (2) whose 
presence is required to perform, or is associated with the performance 
of, a governmental function (49 U.S.C. 40125).
    q. Required-Use means use of a Government aircraft for the travel 
of an Executive Agency officer or employee, where the use of the 
Government aircraft is required because of bona fide communications or 
security needs of the agency or exceptional scheduling requirements.
    r. Senior Aviation Management Official (SAMO) means the person in 
an Executive Agency who is the agency's primary member of the 
Interagency Committee for Aviation Policy (ICAP). This person must be 
of appropriate grade and position to represent the agency and promote 
flight safety and adherence to standards.
    s. Senior Federal Officials are individuals who are paid according 
to the Executive Schedule, including Presidential appointees who are 
confirmed by the Senate; employed in the U.S. Government's Senior 
Executive Service or an equivalent senior service; who is a civilian 
employee of the Executive Office of the President; who is appointed by 
the President to a position under section 105(a)(2)(A), (B), or (C) of 
title 3 U.S.C. or by the Vice President to a position under section 
106(a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) of title 3 U.S.C.; or a contractor working 
under a contract with an Executive Agency who is paid at a rate equal 
to or more than the minimum rate for the Senior Executive Service, and 
has senior executive responsibilities. The term Senior Federal Official 
does not mean an active duty military officer.
    t. Transportation means, for the purpose of this Circular, the act 
of moving personnel or passengers engaged in travel onboard a 
Government aircraft.
    u. Travel, for purposes of reporting Senior Federal Travel, means 
on or in an aircraft while it is in flight. The origin and the 
destination may be different or the same. An example of the origin and 
the destination being the same is when the aircraft was used for 
observation from the air, i.e., for storm evaluation.
    v. Variable costs are the costs of operating aircraft that vary 
depending on how much the aircraft are used. The specific variable cost 
elements are defined in GSA's Aircraft Cost Accounting Guide and 
include, but are not limited to: crew costs; maintenance costs, labor, 
parts and contracts; engine overhaul; aircraft refurbishment; major 
component repairs; fuel, oxidants, and lubricants; lease costs and 
flight support.
    6. Policy.
    a. Managing Government Aircraft
    i. Acquiring Government Aircraft
    1. Executive Agencies must be authorized to acquire aircraft in 
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 1343.
    2. An Executive Agency may not acquire more, larger, or more 
capable aircraft than it needs to carry out its official Government 
business.
    3. Executive Agencies must choose the most cost-effective 
alternatives for acquiring aircraft and CAS. Aircraft selection should 
be based on need, a strong business case, and life-cycle cost analyses, 
which conform to the requirements in OMB Circular A-11, Preparation, 
Submission and Execution of the Budget, and its supplement, the Capital 
Programming Guide. Where performance of work by Federal employees may 
be involved, such as for aircraft maintenance, agencies shall also 
consider any other applicable policies used to compare the cost of 
Government and contractor performance.
    ii. Operating Government Aircraft
    1. Executive Agencies that operate Government aircraft (i.e., both 
owned and hired aircraft) must:
    a. Use them only for official purposes, i.e., mission requirements, 
required-use, and other official travel.
    b. Use them in the most operationally efficient and effective 
manner to accomplish these purposes.
    c. Document all uses of such aircraft and retain that documentation 
for at least two years. At a minimum, the documentation of each use of 
Government aircraft must include:
    i. The tail number of the aircraft;
    ii. The date(s) used;
    iii. The name(s) of the crew members and qualified non-crew 
members;
    iv. The purpose(s) of the flight;
    v. The cost(s) of flights conducted on Government aircraft used for 
political activities or required-use travel as identified in section 
6.b.iii that require reimbursement. Cost(s) of flights for Senior 
Federal Officials and Non-Federal Travelers are also required for 
potential reporting to GSA;
    vi. The route(s) flown and flight time; and
    vii. The name(s) of all passengers, and an indication if any 
passenger is either a Senior Federal Official or a Non-Federal 
Traveler.
    d. Unless otherwise exempt from reporting in accordance with FMR 
102-33, provide any information requested by GSA on a routine or ad hoc 
basis on their aircraft inventory, costs, and utilization (flight 
hours).
    2. Executive Agencies that only hire aircraft occasionally for 
specific flights, must either:
    a. Establish an aviation program that complies with the 
requirements in paragraph 3 of this section (i.e., a ``policy-compliant 
aviation program''), or
    b. Hire those aircraft through an agency with a policy-compliant 
aviation program to assure that safety and other critical aviation 
program requirements are satisfied.
    3. Executive Agencies or their components that own and/or operate 
aircraft, except agencies that only hire aircraft occasionally for 
specific flights, must:
    a. Designate a Senior Aviation Management Official (SAMO) to serve 
as the primary member of the GSA Interagency Committee for Aviation 
Policy (ICAP) and provide an alternate for the primary member.
    b. Maintain an office to carry out the agency's aircraft management 
responsibilities.
    c. Periodically review the continuing need for each of their 
aircraft and the cost-effectiveness of their aircraft operations as 
directed by OMB Circular A-11 as well as other applicable policies used 
to compare the cost of Government and contractor performance.
    d. Develop performance indicators that measure the impact on 
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accomplishment contributed by the aviation program and provide a tool 
for measuring the impact of future aviation program investments. Such 
information will be utilized in supporting budget requests and periodic 
agency reviews of the effectiveness of the aviation program's 
performance.
    e. Comply with the internal control requirements of OMB Circular A-
123 and assure that the appropriate internal controls for aviation 
management are included in the agency's Management Control Plan. Any 
material weaknesses in aviation programs are to be reported in the 
annual internal control reports to the President and the Congress.
    f. Establish and enforce agency-specific flight program standards 
that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

i. Management/administration
ii. Acquisition and disposal
iii. Operations
iv. Maintenance
v. Training
vi. Safety
    g. Ensure that their flight program standards comply with all 
statutes required to qualify for Public Aircraft Operations status 
including 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(41) and 49 U.S.C. 40125 and regulations 
that apply to Federal aviation activities, including GSA regulations 
and applicable Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. 
Also--
    i. When using a Government aircraft to transport a Passenger or to 
transport Passengers or property for compensation or hire, the activity 
would not qualify as a Public Aircraft Operation, and the Executive 
Agency flight program standards must comply with the applicable FAA 
regulations for civil aircraft;
    ii. When using Government aircraft to perform a Governmental 
Function, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 40125, the Executive Agency 
flight program need only comply with agency-specific safety standards 
and with the applicable FAA regulations for all aircraft operating 
within the National Airspace System and not the safety standards and 
FAA regulations that apply only to civil aircraft (reference Pub.L. 85-
726, Federal Aviation Act of 1958).
    h. Use automated aircraft management information systems that 
comply with data standards and reporting requirements prescribed by 
GSA, as well as with the agency's internal information requirements, 
to:
    i. Accumulate costs into the standard aircraft program cost 
elements prescribed in GSA regulations. The uses of these cost elements 
for various purposes are discussed in section 6.c Accounting for 
Aircraft Costs.
    ii. Unless otherwise exempt from reporting in accordance with FMR 
102-33, accumulate and report to GSA information on their Government 
aircraft inventory, costs, and utilization according to GSA's guidance.
    iii. Accumulate data to support aviation performance indicators 
that measure the effectiveness of their operations, maintenance and 
logistics programs and the impact of the aviation program on mission 
performance.
    i. Develop agency specific fleet management and modernization plans 
to optimize the use of Government aircraft through:
    i. Sharing common aircraft, transferring, or disposing of 
underutilized aircraft;
    ii. Reducing excessive aircraft operations and maintenance costs; 
and
    iii. Disposing of aircraft that are no longer cost effective or no 
longer meet agency needs and acquiring replacement aircraft.
    iii. Providing Government Aircraft Services to Other Activities
    1. In general, agencies that own or operate aircraft are authorized 
in statute to use those aircraft to serve specific missions and/or 
agency components and are funded in appropriations acts to provide 
those services.
    2. In a few cases, one agency may be authorized to provide aviation 
services to another agency without requiring reimbursement for those 
services, e.g., the FAA is authorized to provide aviation support to 
the National Transportation Safety Board.
    3. In most cases, however, servicing agencies that provide aviation 
services to requesting agencies under the Economy Act (31 U.S. Code 
1535) are required to recover the actual costs from those entities 
receiving the service. This is typically handled as an Interagency 
Acquisition under the Economy Act.
    iv. Replacing and Disposing of Government Aircraft
    Agencies that want to replace aircraft are encouraged to use the 
Exchange/Sale Authority to do so. Under this authority, agencies are 
permitted to exchange or sell aircraft or aircraft parts that need to 
be replaced and apply the Exchange allowance or the Sale proceeds to 
the cost of the replacement aircraft or aircraft parts. Agencies that 
determine that their aircraft or aircraft parts are excess property and 
do not need replacement property may dispose of the aircraft or 
aircraft parts via donation, transfer, or sale. Guidance for using the 
Exchange/Sale Authority to replace aircraft or aircraft parts or for 
disposing of excess property is provided in regulations issued by the 
GSA.
    b. Traveling on Government Aircraft
    i. Who May Travel on Government Aircraft
    Federal travelers who, for purposes of this Circular, include 
contractors traveling on official agency business, invitational 
travelers, Non-Federal Travelers and any other passengers, crewmembers, 
and qualified non-crewmembers may travel on Government aircraft, but 
only if they have authorization from an Executive Agency to do so.
    ii. Approving Travel on Government Aircraft
    1. Who may approve travel on Government Aircraft. All travel on 
Government aircraft must be authorized by the agency sponsoring the 
travel in accordance with its travel policies and this Circular and, 
when applicable, documented on an official travel authorization. Where 
possible, such travel must be approved by at least one organizational 
level above the person(s) traveling (i.e., passengers, crewmembers, or 
qualified non-crewmembers) in advance and in writing. If review by a 
higher organizational level is not possible, or not applicable as in 
the case of non-Federal or invitational travelers, another appropriate 
approval is required. In an emergency situation, prior verbal approval 
with an after-the-fact written authorization by the agency's designated 
travel approving official is permitted.
    2. Special approval requirements for travel to meet Mission 
Requirements. Each agency may establish its own approval requirements 
for travel to meet mission requirements.
    3. Special approval requirements for required-use travel.
    a. Use of Government aircraft may be required because of bona fide 
communications needs (e.g., 24-hour secure communications are 
required), security reasons (e.g., circumstances that present a clear 
and present danger to the traveler), or exceptional scheduling 
requirements (e.g., a national emergency or other compelling 
operational considerations). This requirement may apply to travel for 
official, personal, or political purposes.
    b. Required-use of Government aircraft for travel (i.e., required-
use travel) must be approved in advance and in writing by one of the 
following:
    i. The President may determine that all travel, or travel in 
specified categories, by an agency head or other Federal official 
satisfies the criteria to qualify as required-use travel, or
    ii. The agency head may determine in writing that all travel, or 
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specified categories, by an officer or employee within the agency 
satisfies the criteria to qualify as required-use travel. This 
determination must also conform to written standards established by the 
agency head.
    iii. If neither of the two preceding determinations applies, a 
Federal officer or employee must obtain written approval for all 
required-use travel on a trip-by-trip basis from the agency's senior 
legal official or his/her principal deputy. In special emergency 
situations, an after-the-fact written approval by an agency is 
permitted, but in either case, the approval must certify that the 
travel satisfies the criteria to qualify as required-use travel.
    4. Special approval requirements for other official travel. An 
agency may approve other official travel on a Government aircraft under 
one or more of the following circumstances:
    a. Sufficient capacity exists on a Government aircraft that will 
meet the traveler's flight requirements (i.e., space-available). 
Agencies authorizing space available justification must ensure--
    i. The aircraft is already scheduled for use for an official 
purpose;
    ii. Such space-available use does not require a larger aircraft 
than needed for the official purpose;
    iii. Such space-available use results only in minor additional cost 
to the Government; and either
    iv. The Federal traveler or the dependent of a Federal traveler is 
stationed by the Government in a remote location that is not accessible 
to scheduled commercial airline service; or
    v. The traveler is authorized to travel space-available under 10 
U.S.C. 2648 Persons and supplies: Sea, land, and air transportation.
    b. Use of a Government aircraft is the most cost-effective 
alternative that will meet the travel requirements. To ensure that a 
Government aircraft is the most cost-effective alternative for travel, 
the traveler's designated travel-approving official must--
    i. Compare the cost of all reasonable travel alternatives, 
including:
    1. The cost of the city-pair fare for scheduled commercial airline 
service or the cost of the lowest available full coach fare, if a city-
pair fare is not available to the traveler.
    2. The cost of using Government aircraft, whether owned or hired as 
a CAS.
    3. Travel by other available modes of transportation that are 
capable of meeting the travel requirements.
    ii. Consider the cost of non-productive or lost-work time while in 
travel status and other relevant costs (e.g., landing fees, tolls, 
parking, etc.) when comparing the costs of using Government aircraft in 
lieu of scheduled commercial airline service and other available modes 
of transportation. NOTE: The cost of non-productive or lost-work time 
must be computed based on gross actual hourly costs to the Government. 
These hourly costs should include benefits, but may not include the use 
of multipliers based on salary, position, or any other factor.
    iii. Approve the most cost-effective alternative that meets the 
agency's needs.
    c. Scheduled commercial airline service is less expensive than 
Government aircraft, but no such service is reasonably available (i.e., 
able to meet the traveler's departure and/or arrival requirements 
within a 24 hour period, unless the traveler demonstrates that 
extraordinary circumstances require a shorter period) to effectively 
fulfill the agency requirement.
    5. Special approval requirements for Senior Federal Officials and 
Non-Federal Travelers. Use of Government aircraft for all official 
travel by Senior Federal Officials and Non-Federal Travelers (including 
members of families of such Senior Federal Officials) must be in 
conformance with an agency review and approval system that has been 
approved by OMB, or authorized in advance and in writing, on a trip-by-
trip basis, by the senior legal official of the agency sponsoring the 
travel or his/her principal deputy, except for required-use travel 
authorized under paragraph 6.b.ii.3 Special Approval Requirements For 
Required-Use Travel. This special approval requirement also applies to 
Senior Federal Officials traveling space-available or as crewmembers or 
qualified non-crewmembers on a flight (i.e., being transported from 
point to point). In an emergency situation, neither prior written nor 
prior verbal approval is required.
    iii. Reimbursement for Use of Government Aircraft
    1. For travel other than required-use or space-available travel:
    a. Any incidental private activities (personal or political) of an 
employee undertaken on an employee's own time while on official travel 
must not result in any increase in the actual costs to the Government 
of operating the aircraft.
    b. The Government must be reimbursed the appropriate share of the 
full coach fare for any portion of the time on the trip spent on 
political activities (except as provided in paragraph 6.b.iii.4. For 
Any Political Travel).
    2. For required-use travel. The Government must be reimbursed as 
follows (except as may otherwise be required in paragraph 6.b.iii.4. 
For Any Political Travel) for required-use travel;
    a. For a wholly personal or political trip, the full coach fare for 
the trip;
    b. For an official trip during which the employee engages in 
political activities, the appropriate share of the full coach fare for 
the entire trip;
    c. For an official trip during which the employee flies to one or 
more locations for personal reasons, the excess of the full coach fare 
of all flights taken by the employee on the trip over the full coach 
fare of the flights that would have been taken by the employee had 
there been no personal activities on the trip.
    3. For space-available travel. For space-available travel other 
than for the conduct of agency business, whether on mission or other 
flights, the Government must be reimbursed at the full coach fare 
except (1) as authorized under 10 U.S.C. 2648 and regulations 
implementing the statute; and (2) by civilian personnel and their 
dependents in remote locations (i.e., locations not reasonably 
accessible to regularly-scheduled commercial airline service). No 
reimbursement is required for space-available travel for the conduct of 
agency business.
    4. For any political travel. Reimbursement must be made in the 
amount required by law or regulation (e.g., 11 CFR 106.3) if greater 
than the amount otherwise required by the foregoing reimbursement 
rules.
    iv. Documenting Travel on Government Aircraft.
    In addition to the usual information provided on an official travel 
authorization (e.g., the purpose of the travel, name and title of the 
approving official, date approved, funding source, etc.), 
authorizations for travel on Government aircraft should also document 
the justification for such travel as well as any special approvals 
required.
    1. Travel to meet mission requirements must be noted as such and 
identify the mission(s).
    2. Required-use travel must be noted as such, the criteria for its 
use cited, and any required approvals documented.
    3. Other official travel must be noted as such and the 
justification for using Government aircraft documented, i.e.:
    a. Space-available--Space is available on a Government aircraft 
that meets the traveler's flight requirements.
    b. Cost--Use of Government aircraft is the most cost-effective 
alternative that will meet the travel requirements. If this 
justification is cited, the estimated cost

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of the travel alternatives considered must be provided.
    c. Lack of reasonable alternatives--For example, scheduled 
commercial airline service may be less expensive, but not reasonably 
available to meet the traveler's schedule requirements.
    4. All travel authorizations for the use of Government aircraft by 
Senior Federal Officials and Non-Federal Travelers for mission 
requirements and other official travel must document all special 
approvals required.
    v. Reporting Travel on Government Aircraft
    1. Agencies that use Government aircraft for travel must report 
semi-annually to GSA each use of such aircraft for non-mission travel 
by Senior Federal Officials and any Non-Federal Travelers (except for 
travel authorized under 10 U.S.C. 2648 and regulations implementing 
that statute). This includes travel as a passenger, crewmember, or 
qualified non-crewmember.
    2. Agencies that are included in the Intelligence Community, as 
identified in the National Security Act, 50 U.S.C. 3003, must maintain 
information on trips by Senior Federal Officials and Non-Federal 
Travelers, but the agencies are not required to report this information 
to GSA. The information must be made available to Congress or any other 
organization with the appropriate security clearance and oversight 
responsibility upon request.
    3. Agencies must maintain data on required-use of Government 
aircraft, but are not required to submit this information to GSA. The 
information must be made available to Congress or any other 
organization with oversight responsibility upon request.
    4. GSA will provide policies and reporting criteria to agencies 
that authorize travel on Government aircraft and administer the annual 
submission of a Senior Federal Travel Report to OMB.
    c. Accounting for Aircraft Costs
    The costs associated with agency aircraft programs must be 
accumulated to: (1) Justify acquisitions needed to support the agency's 
aviation program; (2) justify the use of Government aircraft in lieu of 
commercially available aircraft, and the use of one Government aircraft 
in lieu of another; (3) recover the costs of operating Government 
aircraft when appropriate; and (4) determine the cost effectiveness of 
various aspects of agency aircraft programs. To accomplish these 
purposes, agencies must accumulate their aircraft program costs in 
accordance with GSA's Aircraft Cost Accounting Guide. The remainder of 
this section presents guidance for accomplishing each of these 
purposes.
    i. Justifying Aviation Program Acquisitions
    When the Circular was revised in 1992, the principal OMB guidance 
affecting agencies' aviation program acquisition choices was OMB 
Circular A-76, ``Performance of Commercial Activities.'' Since that 
time, OMB has developed more comprehensive guidance for agency use in 
planning and justifying investments in capital assets, including 
capital assets needed to support aviation programs. This guidance is 
contained in OMB Circular A-11 and its supplement, the Capital 
Programming Guide. Taken together, these two documents provide the 
broad principles that agencies should use to establish capital planning 
processes for their aviation programs. It is critical that agencies be 
able to collect accurate costs for the acquisition and operation of all 
assets that comprise their aviation programs, including non-aircraft 
assets, where appropriate. These costs will be aggregated and presented 
for budget justification purposes in formats that meet the overall 
requirements of OMB Circular A-11 and are acceptable to the agencies' 
OMB Resource Management Offices (RMOs). The Capital Programming Guide 
requires agencies to consider OMB Circular A-76, as appropriate, when 
evaluating investment alternatives; e.g., determining whether any 
aviation program activities qualify as inherently Governmental 
functions and justifying in-house operation of Government aircraft 
versus procurement of CAS.
    ii. Justifying Use of Government Aircraft.
    Agencies that use Government aircraft to support recurring travel 
between locations are encouraged to develop standard trip cost 
justification schedules, and must ensure that the costs used for such 
schedules are kept current. These schedules should summarize and 
compare the projected costs of using one or more specific types of 
agency aircraft (both owned and hired, as applicable) for travel 
between selected locations to the costs of using commercial airline 
service between those locations. Comparative costs for varying 
passenger loads should also be shown. Agencies that choose to use this 
approach should be able to see the minimum number of official travelers 
needed to justify the use of a particular aircraft or aircraft type for 
a trip between locations on the schedule. Agencies that are not able to 
use such schedules are required to do a cost justification on a case by 
case basis.
    To make the cost comparisons necessary to justify the use of a 
Government aircraft, the agency must compare the actual cost of using a 
Government aircraft to the cost of using a commercial airline service. 
The actual cost of using a Government aircraft is either: (a) The 
amount that the agency will be charged by the organization (e.g., 
another agency or a CAS provider) that provides the aircraft, (b) the 
variable cost of using the aircraft, if the agency operates its own 
aircraft; or (c) the variable cost of using the aircraft as reported to 
it by the owning agency, if the owning agency is not required to charge 
for the use of its aircraft.
    Agencies should develop a variable cost rate for each aircraft or 
aircraft type (i.e., make and model) in their inventories before the 
beginning of each fiscal year. These rates should be developed as 
follows:
    1. Accumulate or allocate to the aircraft or aircraft type all 
historical costs (for the previous 12 months, or longer periods, as 
appropriate) grouped under the variable cost category defined in GSA 
regulations. These costs should be obtained from the agency's 
accounting system.
    2. Reduce or eliminate short-term data volatilities, as needed, by 
factoring in or out seasonal, cyclic, and infrequent variable cost 
components, such as engine overhauls and accident repairs, and 
allocating those costs over time as appropriate.
    3. Adjust the historical variable costs from Step 1 for inflation 
and for any known upcoming cost changes to project the new variable 
cost total. The inflation and escalation factors used must conform to 
OMB Circulars A-11 and A-76, as appropriate.
    4. Divide the total variable costs of the aircraft or aircraft type 
by the flying hours corresponding to the historical data timeframe for 
the aircraft or aircraft type to compute the projected variable cost or 
usage rate (per flying hour).
    To compute the variable cost of using an agency's own aircraft for 
a proposed trip, multiply the variable cost rate computed in Step 4 
(above) by the estimated number of flying hours for the trip. The 
variable cost of using a Government aircraft for a trip should include, 
as appropriate, all time required to position or reposition the 
aircraft prior to and after the trip, if no follow-on trip is 
scheduled. If a follow-on trip requires any repositioning time, it 
should be charged with that time. If one aircraft mission (i.e., a 
series of flights scheduled sequentially) supports multiple trips, the 
use of the aircraft for the total mission may be justified by comparing 
the actual cost of the entire

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mission to the commercial airline costs for all the component trips.
    The cost of using commercial airline services for the purpose of 
justifying the use of Government aircraft must:
    1. Be the current Government contract fare or price or the lowest 
fare or price known to be available for the trip(s) in question;
    2. include, as appropriate, any differences in the costs of any 
additional ground or air travel, per diem and miscellaneous travel 
(e.g., taxis, parking, etc.), and lost employees' work time (computed 
at gross hourly costs to the Government, including benefits) between 
the two options; and
    3. only include costs associated with passengers on official 
business. Costs associated with passengers traveling on a space-
available basis may not be used in the cost comparison.
    iii. Recovering Cost of Operation
    Under the Economy Act of 1932, as amended, (31 U.S.C. 1535), and 
various acts appropriating funds or establishing working funds to 
operate aircraft, agencies are required to recover the costs of 
operating their aircraft for use by other agencies, other governments 
(e.g., state, local, or foreign), or non-official travelers. Depending 
on the statutory authorities under which its aircraft were obtained or 
are operated, an agency may use either of two methods for establishing 
the rates charged for using its aircraft: (1) The full cost recovery 
rate or (2), the variable cost recovery rate.
    The full cost recovery rate for an aircraft is the sum of the 
variable and fixed cost rates for that aircraft. The computation of the 
variable cost rate for an aircraft or aircraft type is described under 
paragraph 6.c.ii. Justifying Use of Government Aircraft. The fixed cost 
rate for an aircraft or aircraft type is computed as follows:
    1. Accumulate from the agency's accounting system (for the previous 
12 months or longer, as appropriate) the fixed costs listed in GSA 
Regulations that are directly attributable to the aircraft or aircraft 
type (e.g., crew costs-fixed, maintenance costs-fixed, and aircraft 
lease-fixed).
    2. Adjust the historical fixed costs from Step 1 for inflation and 
for any known upcoming cost changes, including contract price 
adjustments, to project the new fixed cost total. The inflation and 
escalation factors used must conform to OMB Circulars A-11 and A-76, as 
appropriate.
    3. Add to the adjusted historical fixed costs amounts representing 
self-insurance costs and the annual depreciation or replacement costs, 
as described in GSA regulations.
    4. Allocate operations and administrative overhead costs to the 
aircraft or aircraft type based on the percentage of total aircraft 
program flying hours attributable to that aircraft or aircraft type.
    5. Compute a fixed cost recovery rate for the aircraft or aircraft 
type by dividing the sum of the projected directly attributable fixed 
costs (from Step 3) and the allocated fixed costs (from Step 4) by the 
annual flying hours projected for the aircraft or aircraft type.
    6. To compute the full cost recovery rate of using a Government 
aircraft for a trip, add the variable cost rate for the aircraft or 
aircraft type to the corresponding fixed cost rate (computed in Step 5 
above) and multiply the result by the estimated number of flying hours 
for the trip using the proposed aircraft.
    The variable cost recovery rate for an aircraft or aircraft type is 
usually the same as the variable cost or usage rate described under 
paragraph 6.c.ii. Justifying Use of Government Aircraft. In the event 
that the requesting agency covers some of the costs included in the 
variable cost recovery rate, e.g., fuel or crew costs, such costs are 
not incurred by the servicing agency and should be subtracted from cost 
recovery rate for that flight. If an agency decides to base the charge 
for using its aircraft solely on the variable cost recovery rate, it 
must recover the fixed costs of those aircraft from the appropriation 
which supports the mission for which the procurement of the aircraft 
was justified. In such cases, the fixed cost recovery rate may be 
expressed on an annual, monthly or flying hour basis.
    iv. Determining Aircraft Program Cost Effectiveness
    Although cost effectiveness measures are not the only performance 
indicators of the effectiveness of an agency's aircraft program, they 
can be very useful in identifying opportunities to reduce aircraft 
operational costs. These opportunities might include changing 
maintenance practices, purchasing fuel at lower costs, and the 
replacement of old, inefficient aircraft with aircraft that are more 
fuel efficient and have lower operations and maintenance costs.
    The most common measures used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of 
various aspects of an aircraft program are expressed as the cost per 
flying hour or per passenger mile for certain types of aircraft costs. 
These measures may be developed using the Standard Aircraft Program 
Cost Elements and include, but are not limited to: Maintenance costs/
flying hour, fuel and other fluids cost/flying hour, accident repair 
costs/flying hour (or per aircraft), and variable cost/passenger mile.
    In coordination with the Interagency Committee for Aviation Policy 
(ICAP), GSA should assist in the development of aviation performance 
indicators that agencies can use, within the context of their various 
missions and unique operating environments, to assess the cost-
effective management of their aircraft.
    7. Agency Responsibilities.
    a. The head of each Executive Agency must issue the appropriate 
internal agency directives to implement this Circular within 180 days 
of its publication. These internal agency directives must include all 
policies contained in this Circular that apply to the agency's use of 
Government aircraft, and may contain additional policies unique to the 
agency.
    i. Agencies that own or hire aircraft must assure that their 
internal directives comply with section 6.a. of this Circular.
    ii. Agencies that use Government aircraft to support their travel 
requirements must assure that their internal travel policies are 
consistent with section 6.b. of this Circular.
    b. The Secretaries of Defense and the uniformed services, the 
Secretary of State and GSA must incorporate the applicable policies of 
this Circular into the travel regulations that they publish for 
uniformed service, foreign service, and civilian employees, 
respectively. The necessary changes to these regulations should be 
issued no later than 180 days from the date of this Circular.
    c. GSA shall maintain an office to implement Government-wide 
responsibilities for Government aviation program management that 
include, but are not limited to, the following:
    i. Organizing and maintaining an interagency committee composed of 
Federal agency senior aviation management officials who advise the 
Administrator of General Services on Government aircraft policy and 
management.
    ii. Coordinating the development of effectiveness measures, policy 
recommendations, and guidance for the procurement, operation, safety, 
and disposal of Government aircraft consistent with section 6.a. of 
this Circular.
    iii. Providing policy recommendations and guidance on the use of 
Government aircraft to conduct official business.
    iv. Operating a Government-wide information system to collect, 
analyze, and report agency information on Government aircraft.
    v. Developing and maintaining common, generic aircraft information

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system standards (i.e., data definitions and software specifications) 
for agencies' use in developing their own internal aircraft information 
systems and for routine and ad hoc reporting of their information to 
GSA. These data definitions will also include aircraft program cost 
element definitions and standards to account for aircraft costs 
consistent with section 6.c. of this Circular.
    vi. Providing to OMB and, upon request to Congress and other 
official requestors, analytical reports of the information collected 
and maintained in the Government-wide aircraft management information 
system as well as information collected from agencies on an ad hoc 
basis. Such reports should include, but not be limited to:
    1. Aviation related reports that may be required by OMB and other 
Executive guidance.
    2. An annual aviation data set that includes an inventory of 
agency-owned aircraft and the costs and flight hours associated with 
each agency's flight operations performed by both agency-owned and CAS 
aircraft.
    3. Periodic reports on the utilization of the Exchange/Sale 
Authority for aircraft and aircraft parts.
    vii. Upon a Federal agency's request, conduct external audits, 
surveys or reviews of Federal agency aviation programs to identify 
weaknesses and/or to recommend improvements as needed to increase the 
efficiency and the effectiveness, as well as to improve the safety 
culture of Federal agency aviation programs.
    viii. Reviewing agency aircraft policies for compliance with 
Federal regulation and guidance as needed.
    ix. Developing, coordinating and providing training, through 
workshops and other means, to agency aviation professionals on aviation 
safety, fleet modernization, and any other subjects approved by the 
ICAP.
    8. Reports to OMB. GSA will submit a Senior Federal Travel Report 
to OMB annually. GSA will also submit the following items to OMB upon 
request:
    a. Aviation related reports.
    b. Annual aviation data sets.
    c. Exchange/Sale authority utilization reports.
    9. Related Guidance. OMB Circular A-11 and its supplement the 
Capital Programming Guide.
    10. Effective Date. This Circular is effective upon publication.
    11. Information Contact. All inquiries should be addressed to the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget, 
telephone number (202) 395-1158.

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                                                proposed collection of information,                     information will enhance DRS’s ability                aircraft, including General Services
                                                including the validity of the                           to monetize the benefits of any                       Administration (GSA) and agency roles
                                                methodology and assumptions used;                       captioning requirements imposed by                    in regulating and managing the Federal
                                                   • Evaluate whether, and if so, how,                  future rulemaking under the Americans                 aviation programs that have evolved
                                                the quality, utility, and clarity of the                with Disabilities Act (ADA) for                       since the Circular was last revised in
                                                information to be collected can be                      individuals who are deaf or hard of                   1992. The proposed changes also
                                                enhanced; and/or;                                       hearing.                                              address recommendations from the
                                                   • Minimize the burden of the                            5. An estimate of the total number of              Interagency Committee for Aviation
                                                collection of information on those who                  respondents and the amount of time                    Policy (ICAP) to make a clearer
                                                are to respond, including through the                   estimated for an average respondent to                distinction between polices that apply
                                                use of appropriate automated,                           respond: An estimated 1,070                           to the management of aircraft and
                                                electronic, mechanical, or other                        respondents will complete the                         policies that apply to travel on
                                                technological collection techniques or                  questions. It is estimated that an average            Government aircraft.
                                                other forms of information technology,                  of 10 minutes per respondent is needed                DATES: Interested parties should submit
                                                e.g., permitting electronic submission of               to complete the questions. DRS                        comments in writing to the address
                                                responses.                                              estimates that nearly all of the                      below on or before 30 days after
                                                   Overview of this Information Cl:                     approximately 1,070 respondents will                  publication in the Federal Register.
                                                   1. Type of information collection:                   fully complete the questions.                         ADDRESSES: Comments may be
                                                New information collection.                                6. An estimate of the total public                 submitted online at
                                                   2. The title of the form/collection:                 burden (in hours) associated with the                 www.regulations.gov.
                                                Assessing the Potential Monetized                       collection: The estimated public burden                 Instructions: All comments received
                                                Benefits of Captioning Web Content for                  associated with this collection is 178                will be posted, without change or
                                                Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of                     hours. It is estimated that respondents               redaction, to www.regulations.gov, so
                                                Hearing.                                                will take an average of 10 minutes (1⁄6               commenters should not include
                                                   3. The agency form number, if any,                   of an hour) to complete the questions.                information that they do not wish to be
                                                and the applicable component of the                     The burden hours for collecting                       posted (for example because they
                                                Department sponsoring the collection:                   respondent data sum to 178.33 hours                   consider it personal or business
                                                   Form Number: None.                                   (1,070 respondents × 1⁄6 hours = 178 and
                                                   Component: The applicable                                                                                  confidential).
                                                                                                        1⁄3 hours).
                                                component within the Department of                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
                                                                                                           If additional information is required
                                                Justice is the Disability Rights Section                contact: Jerri Murray, Department                     Wade, OFPP, jwade@omb.eop.gov.
                                                (DRS) in the Civil Rights Division.                     Clearance Officer, United States                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                   4. Affected public who will be asked                 Department of Justice, Justice
                                                or required to respond, as well as a brief                                                                    Overview
                                                                                                        Management Division, Policy and
                                                abstract:                                                                                                        Federal agencies own more than 1,200
                                                                                                        Planning Staff, Two Constitution
                                                   Affected Public (Primary): Individuals                                                                     operational aircraft to support a wide
                                                                                                        Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B,
                                                who are deaf or hard of hearing will be                                                                       range of missions, including fire-
                                                                                                        Washington, DC 20530.
                                                asked to respond.                                                                                             fighting, law enforcement, research and
                                                   Affected Public (Other): None.                         Dated: October 27, 2016.                            development, and other activities.
                                                   Abstract: DOJ’s Civil Rights Division,               Jerri Murray,                                         Federal aircraft are also used in various
                                                Disability Rights Section (DRS) is                      Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.            situations to transport certain
                                                requesting PRA approval of a new                        Department of Justice.                                executives. OMB Circular A–126 sets
                                                collection that would request                           [FR Doc. 2016–26400 Filed 11–1–16; 8:45 am]           forth requirements to help ensure the
                                                information about the perceived                         BILLING CODE 4410–13–P                                appropriate agency use of Government
                                                monetary value of captioning on Web                                                                           aircraft.
                                                sites from individuals who are deaf or                                                                           Traditionally, the Circular has
                                                hard of hearing for the purpose of                      OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND                              focused primarily on travel policy.
                                                estimating the potential monetized                      BUDGET                                                When the Circular was last updated in
                                                benefits of captioning audio and video                                                                        1992, coverage was strengthened to
                                                content on the Web. DRS is not                          Office of Federal Procurement Policy                  restrict the operation of aircraft to
                                                suggesting that people with disabilities                                                                      defined official purposes, restrict travel
                                                should be asked to pay for captioning;                  Improving the Management and Use of                   on such aircraft, require special review
                                                rather, it intends to ask individuals                   Government Aircraft                                   of such travel by senior officials or non-
                                                about the theoretical monetary value                    AGENCY:  Office of Federal Procurement                Federal travelers, and codify policies for
                                                that they place on the captioning of                    Policy, Office of Management and                      reimbursement. The proposed revisions
                                                audio and video Web content in order                    Budget                                                to A–126 would retain these policies but
                                                to estimate how highly they value                       ACTION: Proposed Revision to Office of                make several refinements to address
                                                captioning. The collection will also                    Management and Budget Circular No.                    recommendations made by the
                                                request additional information about                    A–126, ‘‘Improving the Management                     Government Accountability Office
                                                how frequently individuals who are                      and Use of Government Aircraft.’’                     (GAO) in a 2014 report (GAO–14–151)
                                                deaf or hard of hearing access audio                                                                          recommending clarification on reporting
                                                content on Web sites, what type of                      SUMMARY:   The Office of Federal                      exemptions for the Intelligence
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                                                audio content they access, how often                    Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office               Community. Currently, the Circular
                                                this content is not captioned, how much                 of Management and Budget (OMB) is                     exempts the reporting of classified trips,
                                                additional time (if any) they spend                     proposing to revise OMB Circular A–                   but the reporting of unclassified data is
                                                trying to access content or information                 126 ‘‘Improving the Management and                    not explicitly addressed. To resolve this
                                                when the content is not captioned, and                  Use of Government Aircraft’’ to update                ambiguity, the proposed revisions to the
                                                whether lack of captioning makes using                  policies associated with the                          Circular would include a clear
                                                the Internet more difficult. This                       management and use of Government                      statement that the Intelligence


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                                                Community must maintain information                       2. Supersession Information. This                      f. Fixed Costs of operating aircraft are
                                                on trips by senior Federal officials and                Circular rescinds and supersedes OMB                  those that result from owning and
                                                non-Federal travelers, but agencies                     Circular No. A–126, Improving the                     supporting the aircraft and that do not
                                                included in the community would not                     Management and Use of Government                      vary according to aircraft usage. The
                                                be required to report the data to the                   Aircraft, dated May 22, 1992.                         specific fixed cost elements are defined
                                                General Services Administration (GSA).                    3. Authority. This Circular is issued               in GSA’s Aircraft Cost Accounting
                                                Similarly, other agencies must maintain                 pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 1121 and 31                     Guide and include, but are not limited
                                                information on the required use of                      U.S.C. 1344.                                          to: Crew, maintenance, labor, parts,
                                                Government aircraft, but they are not                     4. Overview. In general, Government-                contracts, lease costs, operations
                                                required to report the data to GSA.                     wide policy guidance for use of                       overhead, administrative overhead, self-
                                                   Other proposed revisions would                       Government aircraft restricts the                     insurance costs, and depreciation.
                                                clarify the requirements for contractors                operation to official purposes, i.e.,                    g. Full Coach Fare means city pairs
                                                traveling on Government aircraft and                    mission requirements, required-use, and               capacity-controlled fare. In the absence
                                                expand the guidance for determining                     other official travel; restricts travel on            of availability of capacity-controlled city
                                                whether Government aircraft is the most                 such aircraft; requires special review of             pairs, it is a city pairs unrestricted coach
                                                cost-effective alternative for meeting                  such travel by senior officials or Non-               fare. If no city pair fare is available for
                                                travel requirements.                                    Federal Travelers; and codifies policies              that route, full coach fare is the lowest
                                                   Further revisions are proposed to                    for reimbursement. This Circular is                   available coach fare available to the
                                                enhance the Circular’s coverage on                      being revised to respond to                           general public from any source between
                                                aircraft management. These changes are                  recommendations from the Federal                      the day that the travel was planned and
                                                designed to integrate a number of                       aviation community that OMB’s                         the day the travel occurred.
                                                policies and practices that have been                   aviation guidance make a clearer                         h. Government Aircraft means
                                                developed or refined since the Circular                 distinction between policies that apply               manned or unmanned aircraft operated
                                                was last updated that strengthen                        to the management of Government                       for the exclusive use of an Executive
                                                investment and management practices                     aircraft and policies that apply to travel            Agency. Government aircraft include (1)
                                                associated with capital assets. For                                                                           Federal aircraft as defined in FMR 102–
                                                                                                        on Government aircraft. This revision
                                                example, the Circular adds references to                                                                      33.20; and (2) Aircraft hired as
                                                                                                        also formalizes General Services
                                                long-standing requirements in OMB                                                                             commercial aviation services (CAS).
                                                                                                        Administration (GSA) and agency roles                    i. Governmental Function means an
                                                Circular A–11 to prepare a business case                in regulating and managing the Federal
                                                that justifies the acquisition and                                                                            activity undertaken by a government,
                                                                                                        aviation programs that have evolved                   such as national defense, intelligence
                                                operation of a capital asset; requires                  since the Circular was last revised in
                                                agencies to maintain an office dedicated                                                                      missions, firefighting, search and
                                                                                                        1992.                                                 rescue, law enforcement (including
                                                to aircraft management; establishes                       This Circular applies to all Executive
                                                flight program standards and                                                                                  transport of prisoners, detainees, and
                                                                                                        Agencies and to all Government aircraft               illegal aliens), aeronautical research, or
                                                performance indicators; and encourages                  except for aircraft used by or in support
                                                the use of the Exchange/Sale program                                                                          biological or geological resource
                                                                                                        of the President or Vice President.                   management, which is a partial
                                                for replacing and disposing of aircraft.
                                                                                                          5. Definitions. For purposes of this                qualification for a Public Aircraft
                                                Other changes include broadening the
                                                                                                        Circular, the following definitions                   Operation as defined in 49 U.S.C.
                                                definition of Government aircraft to
                                                                                                        apply.                                                40125.
                                                include unmanned aircraft systems and
                                                                                                          a. Acquire means to procure or                         j. Mission Requirements mean
                                                the addition of definitions of
                                                                                                        otherwise obtain personal property,                   activities that constitute the discharge of
                                                Commercial Aviation Services (CAS),
                                                                                                        including by lease or rent (FMR 102–                  an agency’s Governmental functions.
                                                fixed costs, variable costs, performance
                                                                                                        33.20).                                               Such activities include, but are not
                                                indicator, and Senior Aviation
                                                                                                          b. Aircraft means any contrivance                   limited to, the transport of troops and/
                                                Management Official (SAMO). Finally,
                                                                                                        invented, used, or designed to navigate,              or equipment, training related to the
                                                for clarification and ease of use, the
                                                                                                        or fly in, the air (49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(6)).           operation of or duties on board the
                                                Circular is reorganized into separate
                                                                                                          c. Commercial Aviation Services                     aircraft, evacuation (including medical
                                                parts for management, travel, and cost
                                                                                                        (CAS) include aircraft that are leased,               evacuation), intelligence and counter-
                                                accounting.
                                                   OMB requests comments on these                       lease-purchased, rented, chartered,                   narcotics activities, search and rescue,
                                                proposals as well as on other aspects of                hired under full service contracts, or                transportation of prisoners, use of
                                                the Circular.                                           hired under inter-service support                     defense attaché-controlled aircraft,
                                                                                                        agreements, and related support                       aeronautical research and space and
                                                Lesley A. Field,                                        services.                                             science applications, and other such
                                                Acting Administrator for Federal                          d. Crew Member means a person                       activities. For purposes of this Circular,
                                                Procurement Policy.                                     assigned to perform duty in an aircraft               mission requirements do not include
                                                To the Heads of Executive Departments                   during flight time (14 CFR part 1.1).                 official travel to give speeches, to attend
                                                and Establishments                                        e. Federal Traveler means a person                  conferences or meetings, to make
                                                                                                        who travels as a Passenger, a Crew                    routine site visits, or to attend training
                                                Subject: Improving the Management                       Member, or a Qualified Non-Crew                       not related to the operation of the
                                                and Use of Government Aircraft                          Member, on a Government aircraft and                  aircraft.
                                                  1. Purpose. This Circular is issued to                who is either (1) a civilian employee of                 k. Non-Federal Traveler means an
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                                                minimize cost and improve the                           an Executive Agency including                         individual who travels on a Government
                                                management, safety and efficiency of                    invitational travelers per 5 U.S.C. 5703;             aircraft, but is not a Federal traveler.
                                                Government aviation activities. It                      (2) a member of a uniformed or a foreign              Dependents and other family members
                                                prescribes policies to be followed by                   service of the United States                          of Federal travelers who travel on
                                                Executive Agencies in acquiring,                        Government; or (3) a contractor working               Government aircraft are considered to
                                                managing, using, disposing of, and                      under a contract with an Executive                    be Non-Federal Travelers within this
                                                accounting for costs of aircraft.                       Agency.                                               Circular.


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                                                   l. Official Travel means (1) travel to               or a contractor working under a contract                 b. Use them in the most operationally
                                                meet mission requirements, (2)                          with an Executive Agency who is paid                  efficient and effective manner to
                                                required-use travel, and (3) other travel               at a rate equal to or more than the                   accomplish these purposes.
                                                to conduct non-mission agency                           minimum rate for the Senior Executive                    c. Document all uses of such aircraft
                                                business, either departure and return                   Service, and has senior executive                     and retain that documentation for at
                                                from one location, or between locations.                responsibilities. The term Senior                     least two years. At a minimum, the
                                                   m. Passenger means a traveler who is                 Federal Official does not mean an active              documentation of each use of
                                                not a Crew Member or a Qualified Non-                   duty military officer.                                Government aircraft must include:
                                                Crew Member.                                               t. Transportation means, for the                      i. The tail number of the aircraft;
                                                   n. Performance Indicator means a                     purpose of this Circular, the act of                     ii. The date(s) used;
                                                numerical or qualitative term or value                                                                           iii. The name(s) of the crew members
                                                                                                        moving personnel or passengers
                                                for reporting organizational activities                                                                       and qualified non-crew members;
                                                                                                        engaged in travel onboard a Government                   iv. The purpose(s) of the flight;
                                                and results, generally with respect to                  aircraft.
                                                achieving specific goals related to                                                                              v. The cost(s) of flights conducted on
                                                                                                           u. Travel, for purposes of reporting               Government aircraft used for political
                                                outcomes, outputs, efficiency, and
                                                                                                        Senior Federal Travel, means on or in                 activities or required-use travel as
                                                inputs. When applied to aircraft,
                                                                                                        an aircraft while it is in flight. The                identified in section 6.b.iii that require
                                                performance indicators typically
                                                                                                        origin and the destination may be                     reimbursement. Cost(s) of flights for
                                                measure the effectiveness and efficiency
                                                                                                        different or the same. An example of the              Senior Federal Officials and Non-
                                                of the processes involved with safely
                                                                                                        origin and the destination being the                  Federal Travelers are also required for
                                                delivering aircraft services. Examples
                                                                                                        same is when the aircraft was used for                potential reporting to GSA;
                                                are Operations Scheduling
                                                                                                        observation from the air, i.e., for storm                vi. The route(s) flown and flight time;
                                                Effectiveness; Aircraft Availability
                                                Rates; Non-Availability Rates; Mission                  evaluation.                                           and
                                                Capable and Non-mission Rates; Non-                        v. Variable costs are the costs of                    vii. The name(s) of all passengers, and
                                                airworthy Maintenance Rates; and Non-                   operating aircraft that vary depending                an indication if any passenger is either
                                                airworthy Supply Rates.                                 on how much the aircraft are used. The                a Senior Federal Official or a Non-
                                                   o. Public Aircraft Operation means                   specific variable cost elements are                   Federal Traveler.
                                                the same as the term defined in 49                      defined in GSA’s Aircraft Cost                           d. Unless otherwise exempt from
                                                U.S.C. 40102 and 49 U.S.C. 40125.                       Accounting Guide and include, but are                 reporting in accordance with FMR 102–
                                                   p. Qualified Non-Crew Member means                   not limited to: crew costs; maintenance               33, provide any information requested
                                                an individual, other than a member of                   costs, labor, parts and contracts; engine             by GSA on a routine or ad hoc basis on
                                                the crew, aboard an aircraft (1) operated               overhaul; aircraft refurbishment; major               their aircraft inventory, costs, and
                                                by the armed forces or an intelligence                  component repairs; fuel, oxidants, and                utilization (flight hours).
                                                                                                        lubricants; lease costs and flight                       2. Executive Agencies that only hire
                                                agency of the United States
                                                                                                        support.                                              aircraft occasionally for specific flights,
                                                Government; or (2) whose presence is
                                                                                                                                                              must either:
                                                required to perform, or is associated                      6. Policy.
                                                                                                                                                                 a. Establish an aviation program that
                                                with the performance of, a governmental                    a. Managing Government Aircraft                    complies with the requirements in
                                                function (49 U.S.C. 40125).                                i. Acquiring Government Aircraft                   paragraph 3 of this section (i.e., a
                                                   q. Required-Use means use of a                          1. Executive Agencies must be                      ‘‘policy-compliant aviation program’’),
                                                Government aircraft for the travel of an                authorized to acquire aircraft in                     or
                                                Executive Agency officer or employee,                   accordance with 31 U.S.C. 1343.                          b. Hire those aircraft through an
                                                where the use of the Government                            2. An Executive Agency may not                     agency with a policy-compliant aviation
                                                aircraft is required because of bona fide               acquire more, larger, or more capable                 program to assure that safety and other
                                                communications or security needs of the                 aircraft than it needs to carry out its               critical aviation program requirements
                                                agency or exceptional scheduling                        official Government business.                         are satisfied.
                                                requirements.                                                                                                    3. Executive Agencies or their
                                                   r. Senior Aviation Management                           3. Executive Agencies must choose
                                                                                                        the most cost-effective alternatives for              components that own and/or operate
                                                Official (SAMO) means the person in an                                                                        aircraft, except agencies that only hire
                                                Executive Agency who is the agency’s                    acquiring aircraft and CAS. Aircraft
                                                                                                        selection should be based on need, a                  aircraft occasionally for specific flights,
                                                primary member of the Interagency                                                                             must:
                                                Committee for Aviation Policy (ICAP).                   strong business case, and life-cycle cost
                                                                                                        analyses, which conform to the                           a. Designate a Senior Aviation
                                                This person must be of appropriate                                                                            Management Official (SAMO) to serve
                                                grade and position to represent the                     requirements in OMB Circular A–11,
                                                                                                        Preparation, Submission and Execution                 as the primary member of the GSA
                                                agency and promote flight safety and                                                                          Interagency Committee for Aviation
                                                adherence to standards.                                 of the Budget, and its supplement, the
                                                                                                        Capital Programming Guide. Where                      Policy (ICAP) and provide an alternate
                                                   s. Senior Federal Officials are                                                                            for the primary member.
                                                individuals who are paid according to                   performance of work by Federal
                                                                                                                                                                 b. Maintain an office to carry out the
                                                the Executive Schedule, including                       employees may be involved, such as for
                                                                                                                                                              agency’s aircraft management
                                                Presidential appointees who are                         aircraft maintenance, agencies shall also
                                                                                                                                                              responsibilities.
                                                confirmed by the Senate; employed in                    consider any other applicable policies                   c. Periodically review the continuing
                                                the U.S. Government’s Senior Executive                  used to compare the cost of Government                need for each of their aircraft and the
                                                Service or an equivalent senior service;                and contractor performance.
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                                                                                                                                                              cost-effectiveness of their aircraft
                                                who is a civilian employee of the                          ii. Operating Government Aircraft                  operations as directed by OMB Circular
                                                Executive Office of the President; who                     1. Executive Agencies that operate                 A–11 as well as other applicable
                                                is appointed by the President to a                      Government aircraft (i.e., both owned                 policies used to compare the cost of
                                                position under section 105(a)(2)(A), (B),               and hired aircraft) must:                             Government and contractor
                                                or (C) of title 3 U.S.C. or by the Vice                    a. Use them only for official purposes,            performance.
                                                President to a position under section                   i.e., mission requirements, required-use,                d. Develop performance indicators
                                                106(a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) of title 3 U.S.C.;            and other official travel.                            that measure the impact on mission


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                                                accomplishment contributed by the                       purposes are discussed in section 6.c                 of excess property is provided in
                                                aviation program and provide a tool for                 Accounting for Aircraft Costs.                        regulations issued by the GSA.
                                                measuring the impact of future aviation                    ii. Unless otherwise exempt from                      b. Traveling on Government Aircraft
                                                program investments. Such information                   reporting in accordance with FMR 102–                    i. Who May Travel on Government
                                                will be utilized in supporting budget                   33, accumulate and report to GSA                      Aircraft
                                                requests and periodic agency reviews of                 information on their Government                          Federal travelers who, for purposes of
                                                the effectiveness of the aviation                       aircraft inventory, costs, and utilization            this Circular, include contractors
                                                program’s performance.                                  according to GSA’s guidance.                          traveling on official agency business,
                                                   e. Comply with the internal control                     iii. Accumulate data to support                    invitational travelers, Non-Federal
                                                requirements of OMB Circular A–123                      aviation performance indicators that                  Travelers and any other passengers,
                                                and assure that the appropriate internal                measure the effectiveness of their                    crewmembers, and qualified non-
                                                controls for aviation management are                    operations, maintenance and logistics                 crewmembers may travel on
                                                included in the agency’s Management                     programs and the impact of the aviation               Government aircraft, but only if they
                                                Control Plan. Any material weaknesses                   program on mission performance.                       have authorization from an Executive
                                                in aviation programs are to be reported                    i. Develop agency specific fleet                   Agency to do so.
                                                in the annual internal control reports to               management and modernization plans                       ii. Approving Travel on Government
                                                the President and the Congress.                         to optimize the use of Government                     Aircraft
                                                   f. Establish and enforce agency-                     aircraft through:                                        1. Who may approve travel on
                                                specific flight program standards that                                                                        Government Aircraft. All travel on
                                                                                                           i. Sharing common aircraft,
                                                include, but are not limited to, the                                                                          Government aircraft must be authorized
                                                                                                        transferring, or disposing of
                                                following topics:                                                                                             by the agency sponsoring the travel in
                                                                                                        underutilized aircraft;
                                                                                                                                                              accordance with its travel policies and
                                                i. Management/administration                               ii. Reducing excessive aircraft
                                                                                                                                                              this Circular and, when applicable,
                                                ii. Acquisition and disposal                            operations and maintenance costs; and
                                                                                                                                                              documented on an official travel
                                                iii. Operations                                            iii. Disposing of aircraft that are no
                                                                                                                                                              authorization. Where possible, such
                                                iv. Maintenance                                         longer cost effective or no longer meet
                                                                                                                                                              travel must be approved by at least one
                                                v. Training                                             agency needs and acquiring replacement
                                                                                                                                                              organizational level above the person(s)
                                                vi. Safety                                              aircraft.
                                                                                                                                                              traveling (i.e., passengers,
                                                   g. Ensure that their flight program                     iii. Providing Government Aircraft
                                                                                                                                                              crewmembers, or qualified non-
                                                standards comply with all statutes                      Services to Other Activities
                                                                                                                                                              crewmembers) in advance and in
                                                required to qualify for Public Aircraft                    1. In general, agencies that own or
                                                                                                                                                              writing. If review by a higher
                                                Operations status including 49 U.S.C.                   operate aircraft are authorized in statute
                                                                                                                                                              organizational level is not possible, or
                                                40102(a)(41) and 49 U.S.C. 40125 and                    to use those aircraft to serve specific
                                                                                                                                                              not applicable as in the case of non-
                                                regulations that apply to Federal                       missions and/or agency components
                                                                                                                                                              Federal or invitational travelers, another
                                                aviation activities, including GSA                      and are funded in appropriations acts to
                                                                                                                                                              appropriate approval is required. In an
                                                regulations and applicable Federal                      provide those services.
                                                                                                                                                              emergency situation, prior verbal
                                                Aviation Administration (FAA)                              2. In a few cases, one agency may be               approval with an after-the-fact written
                                                regulations. Also—                                      authorized to provide aviation services               authorization by the agency’s designated
                                                   i. When using a Government aircraft                  to another agency without requiring                   travel approving official is permitted.
                                                to transport a Passenger or to transport                reimbursement for those services, e.g.,                  2. Special approval requirements for
                                                Passengers or property for compensation                 the FAA is authorized to provide                      travel to meet Mission Requirements.
                                                or hire, the activity would not qualify as              aviation support to the National                      Each agency may establish its own
                                                a Public Aircraft Operation, and the                    Transportation Safety Board.                          approval requirements for travel to meet
                                                Executive Agency flight program                            3. In most cases, however, servicing               mission requirements.
                                                standards must comply with the                          agencies that provide aviation services                  3. Special approval requirements for
                                                applicable FAA regulations for civil                    to requesting agencies under the                      required-use travel.
                                                aircraft;                                               Economy Act (31 U.S. Code 1535) are                      a. Use of Government aircraft may be
                                                   ii. When using Government aircraft to                required to recover the actual costs from             required because of bona fide
                                                perform a Governmental Function, in                     those entities receiving the service. This            communications needs (e.g., 24-hour
                                                accordance with 49 U.S.C. 40125, the                    is typically handled as an Interagency                secure communications are required),
                                                Executive Agency flight program need                    Acquisition under the Economy Act.                    security reasons (e.g., circumstances
                                                only comply with agency-specific safety                    iv. Replacing and Disposing of                     that present a clear and present danger
                                                standards and with the applicable FAA                   Government Aircraft                                   to the traveler), or exceptional
                                                regulations for all aircraft operating                     Agencies that want to replace aircraft             scheduling requirements (e.g., a national
                                                within the National Airspace System                     are encouraged to use the Exchange/Sale               emergency or other compelling
                                                and not the safety standards and FAA                    Authority to do so. Under this authority,             operational considerations). This
                                                regulations that apply only to civil                    agencies are permitted to exchange or                 requirement may apply to travel for
                                                aircraft (reference Pub.L. 85–726,                      sell aircraft or aircraft parts that need to          official, personal, or political purposes.
                                                Federal Aviation Act of 1958).                          be replaced and apply the Exchange                       b. Required-use of Government
                                                   h. Use automated aircraft management                 allowance or the Sale proceeds to the                 aircraft for travel (i.e., required-use
                                                information systems that comply with                    cost of the replacement aircraft or                   travel) must be approved in advance
                                                data standards and reporting                            aircraft parts. Agencies that determine
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                                                                                                                                                              and in writing by one of the following:
                                                requirements prescribed by GSA, as                      that their aircraft or aircraft parts are                i. The President may determine that
                                                well as with the agency’s internal                      excess property and do not need                       all travel, or travel in specified
                                                information requirements, to:                           replacement property may dispose of                   categories, by an agency head or other
                                                   i. Accumulate costs into the standard                the aircraft or aircraft parts via donation,          Federal official satisfies the criteria to
                                                aircraft program cost elements                          transfer, or sale. Guidance for using the             qualify as required-use travel, or
                                                prescribed in GSA regulations. The uses                 Exchange/Sale Authority to replace                       ii. The agency head may determine in
                                                of these cost elements for various                      aircraft or aircraft parts or for disposing           writing that all travel, or travel in


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                                                specified categories, by an officer or                  (e.g., landing fees, tolls, parking, etc.)               2. For required-use travel. The
                                                employee within the agency satisfies the                when comparing the costs of using                     Government must be reimbursed as
                                                criteria to qualify as required-use travel.             Government aircraft in lieu of scheduled              follows (except as may otherwise be
                                                This determination must also conform                    commercial airline service and other                  required in paragraph 6.b.iii.4. For Any
                                                to written standards established by the                 available modes of transportation.                    Political Travel) for required-use travel;
                                                agency head.                                            NOTE: The cost of non-productive or                      a. For a wholly personal or political
                                                   iii. If neither of the two preceding                 lost-work time must be computed based                 trip, the full coach fare for the trip;
                                                determinations applies, a Federal officer               on gross actual hourly costs to the                      b. For an official trip during which
                                                or employee must obtain written                         Government. These hourly costs should                 the employee engages in political
                                                approval for all required-use travel on a               include benefits, but may not include                 activities, the appropriate share of the
                                                trip-by-trip basis from the agency’s                    the use of multipliers based on salary,               full coach fare for the entire trip;
                                                senior legal official or his/her principal              position, or any other factor.                           c. For an official trip during which the
                                                deputy. In special emergency situations,                   iii. Approve the most cost-effective               employee flies to one or more locations
                                                an after-the-fact written approval by an                alternative that meets the agency’s                   for personal reasons, the excess of the
                                                agency is permitted, but in either case,                needs.                                                full coach fare of all flights taken by the
                                                the approval must certify that the travel                  c. Scheduled commercial airline                    employee on the trip over the full coach
                                                satisfies the criteria to qualify as                    service is less expensive than                        fare of the flights that would have been
                                                required-use travel.                                    Government aircraft, but no such service              taken by the employee had there been
                                                   4. Special approval requirements for                 is reasonably available (i.e., able to meet           no personal activities on the trip.
                                                other official travel. An agency may                    the traveler’s departure and/or arrival                  3. For space-available travel. For
                                                approve other official travel on a                      requirements within a 24 hour period,                 space-available travel other than for the
                                                Government aircraft under one or more                   unless the traveler demonstrates that                 conduct of agency business, whether on
                                                of the following circumstances:                         extraordinary circumstances require a                 mission or other flights, the Government
                                                   a. Sufficient capacity exists on a                   shorter period) to effectively fulfill the            must be reimbursed at the full coach
                                                Government aircraft that will meet the                  agency requirement.                                   fare except (1) as authorized under 10
                                                traveler’s flight requirements (i.e.,                      5. Special approval requirements for               U.S.C. 2648 and regulations
                                                space-available). Agencies authorizing                  Senior Federal Officials and Non-                     implementing the statute; and (2) by
                                                space available justification must                      Federal Travelers. Use of Government                  civilian personnel and their dependents
                                                ensure—                                                 aircraft for all official travel by Senior            in remote locations (i.e., locations not
                                                   i. The aircraft is already scheduled for             Federal Officials and Non-Federal                     reasonably accessible to regularly-
                                                use for an official purpose;                            Travelers (including members of                       scheduled commercial airline service).
                                                   ii. Such space-available use does not                families of such Senior Federal                       No reimbursement is required for space-
                                                require a larger aircraft than needed for               Officials) must be in conformance with                available travel for the conduct of
                                                the official purpose;                                   an agency review and approval system                  agency business.
                                                   iii. Such space-available use results                that has been approved by OMB, or                        4. For any political travel.
                                                only in minor additional cost to the                    authorized in advance and in writing,                 Reimbursement must be made in the
                                                Government; and either                                  on a trip-by-trip basis, by the senior                amount required by law or regulation
                                                   iv. The Federal traveler or the
                                                                                                        legal official of the agency sponsoring               (e.g., 11 CFR 106.3) if greater than the
                                                dependent of a Federal traveler is
                                                                                                        the travel or his/her principal deputy,               amount otherwise required by the
                                                stationed by the Government in a
                                                                                                        except for required-use travel                        foregoing reimbursement rules.
                                                remote location that is not accessible to
                                                                                                        authorized under paragraph 6.b.ii.3                      iv. Documenting Travel on
                                                scheduled commercial airline service; or
                                                   v. The traveler is authorized to travel              Special Approval Requirements For                     Government Aircraft.
                                                space-available under 10 U.S.C. 2648                    Required-Use Travel. This special                        In addition to the usual information
                                                Persons and supplies: Sea, land, and air                approval requirement also applies to                  provided on an official travel
                                                transportation.                                         Senior Federal Officials traveling space-             authorization (e.g., the purpose of the
                                                   b. Use of a Government aircraft is the               available or as crewmembers or                        travel, name and title of the approving
                                                most cost-effective alternative that will               qualified non-crewmembers on a flight                 official, date approved, funding source,
                                                meet the travel requirements. To ensure                 (i.e., being transported from point to                etc.), authorizations for travel on
                                                that a Government aircraft is the most                  point). In an emergency situation,                    Government aircraft should also
                                                cost-effective alternative for travel, the              neither prior written nor prior verbal                document the justification for such
                                                traveler’s designated travel-approving                  approval is required.                                 travel as well as any special approvals
                                                official must—                                             iii. Reimbursement for Use of                      required.
                                                   i. Compare the cost of all reasonable                Government Aircraft                                      1. Travel to meet mission
                                                travel alternatives, including:                            1. For travel other than required-use              requirements must be noted as such and
                                                   1. The cost of the city-pair fare for                or space-available travel:                            identify the mission(s).
                                                scheduled commercial airline service or                    a. Any incidental private activities                  2. Required-use travel must be noted
                                                the cost of the lowest available full                   (personal or political) of an employee                as such, the criteria for its use cited, and
                                                coach fare, if a city-pair fare is not                  undertaken on an employee’s own time                  any required approvals documented.
                                                available to the traveler.                              while on official travel must not result                 3. Other official travel must be noted
                                                   2. The cost of using Government                      in any increase in the actual costs to the            as such and the justification for using
                                                                                                        Government of operating the aircraft.                 Government aircraft documented, i.e.:
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                                                aircraft, whether owned or hired as a
                                                CAS.                                                       b. The Government must be                             a. Space-available—Space is available
                                                   3. Travel by other available modes of                reimbursed the appropriate share of the               on a Government aircraft that meets the
                                                transportation that are capable of                      full coach fare for any portion of the                traveler’s flight requirements.
                                                meeting the travel requirements.                        time on the trip spent on political                      b. Cost—Use of Government aircraft is
                                                   ii. Consider the cost of non-                        activities (except as provided in                     the most cost-effective alternative that
                                                productive or lost-work time while in                   paragraph 6.b.iii.4. For Any Political                will meet the travel requirements. If this
                                                travel status and other relevant costs                  Travel).                                              justification is cited, the estimated cost


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                                                of the travel alternatives considered                   this section presents guidance for                       To make the cost comparisons
                                                must be provided.                                       accomplishing each of these purposes.                 necessary to justify the use of a
                                                   c. Lack of reasonable alternatives—                     i. Justifying Aviation Program                     Government aircraft, the agency must
                                                For example, scheduled commercial                       Acquisitions                                          compare the actual cost of using a
                                                airline service may be less expensive,                     When the Circular was revised in                   Government aircraft to the cost of using
                                                but not reasonably available to meet the                1992, the principal OMB guidance                      a commercial airline service. The actual
                                                traveler’s schedule requirements.                       affecting agencies’ aviation program                  cost of using a Government aircraft is
                                                   4. All travel authorizations for the use             acquisition choices was OMB Circular                  either: (a) The amount that the agency
                                                of Government aircraft by Senior                        A–76, ‘‘Performance of Commercial                     will be charged by the organization (e.g.,
                                                Federal Officials and Non-Federal                       Activities.’’ Since that time, OMB has                another agency or a CAS provider) that
                                                Travelers for mission requirements and                  developed more comprehensive                          provides the aircraft, (b) the variable
                                                other official travel must document all                 guidance for agency use in planning and               cost of using the aircraft, if the agency
                                                special approvals required.                             justifying investments in capital assets,             operates its own aircraft; or (c) the
                                                   v. Reporting Travel on Government                    including capital assets needed to                    variable cost of using the aircraft as
                                                Aircraft                                                support aviation programs. This                       reported to it by the owning agency, if
                                                   1. Agencies that use Government                      guidance is contained in OMB Circular                 the owning agency is not required to
                                                aircraft for travel must report semi-                   A–11 and its supplement, the Capital                  charge for the use of its aircraft.
                                                annually to GSA each use of such                        Programming Guide. Taken together,                       Agencies should develop a variable
                                                aircraft for non-mission travel by Senior               these two documents provide the broad                 cost rate for each aircraft or aircraft type
                                                Federal Officials and any Non-Federal                   principles that agencies should use to                (i.e., make and model) in their
                                                Travelers (except for travel authorized                 establish capital planning processes for              inventories before the beginning of each
                                                under 10 U.S.C. 2648 and regulations                    their aviation programs. It is critical that          fiscal year. These rates should be
                                                implementing that statute). This                        agencies be able to collect accurate costs            developed as follows:
                                                                                                                                                                 1. Accumulate or allocate to the
                                                includes travel as a passenger,                         for the acquisition and operation of all
                                                                                                                                                              aircraft or aircraft type all historical
                                                crewmember, or qualified non-                           assets that comprise their aviation
                                                                                                                                                              costs (for the previous 12 months, or
                                                crewmember.                                             programs, including non-aircraft assets,
                                                                                                                                                              longer periods, as appropriate) grouped
                                                   2. Agencies that are included in the                 where appropriate. These costs will be
                                                                                                                                                              under the variable cost category defined
                                                Intelligence Community, as identified in                aggregated and presented for budget
                                                                                                                                                              in GSA regulations. These costs should
                                                the National Security Act, 50 U.S.C.                    justification purposes in formats that
                                                                                                                                                              be obtained from the agency’s
                                                3003, must maintain information on                      meet the overall requirements of OMB
                                                                                                                                                              accounting system.
                                                trips by Senior Federal Officials and                   Circular A–11 and are acceptable to the                  2. Reduce or eliminate short-term data
                                                Non-Federal Travelers, but the agencies                 agencies’ OMB Resource Management                     volatilities, as needed, by factoring in or
                                                are not required to report this                         Offices (RMOs). The Capital                           out seasonal, cyclic, and infrequent
                                                information to GSA. The information                     Programming Guide requires agencies to                variable cost components, such as
                                                must be made available to Congress or                   consider OMB Circular A–76, as                        engine overhauls and accident repairs,
                                                any other organization with the                         appropriate, when evaluating                          and allocating those costs over time as
                                                appropriate security clearance and                      investment alternatives; e.g.,                        appropriate.
                                                oversight responsibility upon request.                  determining whether any aviation                         3. Adjust the historical variable costs
                                                   3. Agencies must maintain data on                    program activities qualify as inherently              from Step 1 for inflation and for any
                                                required-use of Government aircraft, but                Governmental functions and justifying                 known upcoming cost changes to
                                                are not required to submit this                         in-house operation of Government                      project the new variable cost total. The
                                                information to GSA. The information                     aircraft versus procurement of CAS.                   inflation and escalation factors used
                                                must be made available to Congress or                      ii. Justifying Use of Government                   must conform to OMB Circulars A–11
                                                any other organization with oversight                   Aircraft.                                             and A–76, as appropriate.
                                                responsibility upon request.                               Agencies that use Government aircraft                 4. Divide the total variable costs of the
                                                   4. GSA will provide policies and                     to support recurring travel between                   aircraft or aircraft type by the flying
                                                reporting criteria to agencies that                     locations are encouraged to develop                   hours corresponding to the historical
                                                authorize travel on Government aircraft                 standard trip cost justification                      data timeframe for the aircraft or aircraft
                                                and administer the annual submission                    schedules, and must ensure that the                   type to compute the projected variable
                                                of a Senior Federal Travel Report to                    costs used for such schedules are kept                cost or usage rate (per flying hour).
                                                OMB.                                                    current. These schedules should                          To compute the variable cost of using
                                                   c. Accounting for Aircraft Costs                     summarize and compare the projected                   an agency’s own aircraft for a proposed
                                                   The costs associated with agency                     costs of using one or more specific types             trip, multiply the variable cost rate
                                                aircraft programs must be accumulated                   of agency aircraft (both owned and                    computed in Step 4 (above) by the
                                                to: (1) Justify acquisitions needed to                  hired, as applicable) for travel between              estimated number of flying hours for the
                                                support the agency’s aviation program;                  selected locations to the costs of using              trip. The variable cost of using a
                                                (2) justify the use of Government aircraft              commercial airline service between                    Government aircraft for a trip should
                                                in lieu of commercially available                       those locations. Comparative costs for                include, as appropriate, all time
                                                aircraft, and the use of one Government                 varying passenger loads should also be                required to position or reposition the
                                                aircraft in lieu of another; (3) recover the            shown. Agencies that choose to use this               aircraft prior to and after the trip, if no
                                                costs of operating Government aircraft                  approach should be able to see the                    follow-on trip is scheduled. If a follow-
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                                                when appropriate; and (4) determine the                 minimum number of official travelers                  on trip requires any repositioning time,
                                                cost effectiveness of various aspects of                needed to justify the use of a particular             it should be charged with that time. If
                                                agency aircraft programs. To accomplish                 aircraft or aircraft type for a trip                  one aircraft mission (i.e., a series of
                                                these purposes, agencies must                           between locations on the schedule.                    flights scheduled sequentially) supports
                                                accumulate their aircraft program costs                 Agencies that are not able to use such                multiple trips, the use of the aircraft for
                                                in accordance with GSA’s Aircraft Cost                  schedules are required to do a cost                   the total mission may be justified by
                                                Accounting Guide. The remainder of                      justification on a case by case basis.                comparing the actual cost of the entire


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                                                mission to the commercial airline costs                    4. Allocate operations and                            In coordination with the Interagency
                                                for all the component trips.                            administrative overhead costs to the                  Committee for Aviation Policy (ICAP),
                                                   The cost of using commercial airline                 aircraft or aircraft type based on the                GSA should assist in the development
                                                services for the purpose of justifying the              percentage of total aircraft program                  of aviation performance indicators that
                                                use of Government aircraft must:                        flying hours attributable to that aircraft            agencies can use, within the context of
                                                   1. Be the current Government contract                or aircraft type.                                     their various missions and unique
                                                fare or price or the lowest fare or price                  5. Compute a fixed cost recovery rate              operating environments, to assess the
                                                known to be available for the trip(s) in                for the aircraft or aircraft type by                  cost-effective management of their
                                                question;                                               dividing the sum of the projected                     aircraft.
                                                   2. include, as appropriate, any                      directly attributable fixed costs (from                  7. Agency Responsibilities.
                                                differences in the costs of any additional              Step 3) and the allocated fixed costs                    a. The head of each Executive Agency
                                                ground or air travel, per diem and                      (from Step 4) by the annual flying hours              must issue the appropriate internal
                                                miscellaneous travel (e.g., taxis, parking,             projected for the aircraft or aircraft type.          agency directives to implement this
                                                etc.), and lost employees’ work time                       6. To compute the full cost recovery               Circular within 180 days of its
                                                (computed at gross hourly costs to the                  rate of using a Government aircraft for               publication. These internal agency
                                                Government, including benefits)                         a trip, add the variable cost rate for the            directives must include all policies
                                                between the two options; and                            aircraft or aircraft type to the                      contained in this Circular that apply to
                                                   3. only include costs associated with                corresponding fixed cost rate (computed               the agency’s use of Government aircraft,
                                                passengers on official business. Costs                  in Step 5 above) and multiply the result              and may contain additional policies
                                                associated with passengers traveling on                 by the estimated number of flying hours               unique to the agency.
                                                a space-available basis may not be used                 for the trip using the proposed aircraft.                i. Agencies that own or hire aircraft
                                                in the cost comparison.                                    The variable cost recovery rate for an             must assure that their internal directives
                                                   iii. Recovering Cost of Operation                    aircraft or aircraft type is usually the              comply with section 6.a. of this
                                                   Under the Economy Act of 1932, as                    same as the variable cost or usage rate               Circular.
                                                amended, (31 U.S.C. 1535), and various                  described under paragraph 6.c.ii.                        ii. Agencies that use Government
                                                acts appropriating funds or establishing                Justifying Use of Government Aircraft.                aircraft to support their travel
                                                working funds to operate aircraft,                      In the event that the requesting agency               requirements must assure that their
                                                agencies are required to recover the                    covers some of the costs included in the              internal travel policies are consistent
                                                costs of operating their aircraft for use               variable cost recovery rate, e.g., fuel or            with section 6.b. of this Circular.
                                                by other agencies, other governments                    crew costs, such costs are not incurred                  b. The Secretaries of Defense and the
                                                (e.g., state, local, or foreign), or non-               by the servicing agency and should be                 uniformed services, the Secretary of
                                                official travelers. Depending on the                    subtracted from cost recovery rate for                State and GSA must incorporate the
                                                statutory authorities under which its                   that flight. If an agency decides to base             applicable policies of this Circular into
                                                aircraft were obtained or are operated,                 the charge for using its aircraft solely on           the travel regulations that they publish
                                                an agency may use either of two                         the variable cost recovery rate, it must              for uniformed service, foreign service,
                                                methods for establishing the rates                      recover the fixed costs of those aircraft             and civilian employees, respectively.
                                                charged for using its aircraft: (1) The full            from the appropriation which supports                 The necessary changes to these
                                                cost recovery rate or (2), the variable                 the mission for which the procurement                 regulations should be issued no later
                                                cost recovery rate.                                     of the aircraft was justified. In such                than 180 days from the date of this
                                                   The full cost recovery rate for an                   cases, the fixed cost recovery rate may               Circular.
                                                aircraft is the sum of the variable and                 be expressed on an annual, monthly or                    c. GSA shall maintain an office to
                                                fixed cost rates for that aircraft. The                 flying hour basis.                                    implement Government-wide
                                                computation of the variable cost rate for                  iv. Determining Aircraft Program Cost              responsibilities for Government aviation
                                                an aircraft or aircraft type is described               Effectiveness                                         program management that include, but
                                                under paragraph 6.c.ii. Justifying Use of                  Although cost effectiveness measures               are not limited to, the following:
                                                Government Aircraft. The fixed cost rate                are not the only performance indicators                  i. Organizing and maintaining an
                                                for an aircraft or aircraft type is                     of the effectiveness of an agency’s                   interagency committee composed of
                                                computed as follows:                                    aircraft program, they can be very useful             Federal agency senior aviation
                                                   1. Accumulate from the agency’s                      in identifying opportunities to reduce                management officials who advise the
                                                accounting system (for the previous 12                  aircraft operational costs. These                     Administrator of General Services on
                                                months or longer, as appropriate) the                   opportunities might include changing                  Government aircraft policy and
                                                fixed costs listed in GSA Regulations                   maintenance practices, purchasing fuel                management.
                                                that are directly attributable to the                   at lower costs, and the replacement of                   ii. Coordinating the development of
                                                aircraft or aircraft type (e.g., crew costs-            old, inefficient aircraft with aircraft that          effectiveness measures, policy
                                                fixed, maintenance costs-fixed, and                     are more fuel efficient and have lower                recommendations, and guidance for the
                                                aircraft lease-fixed).                                  operations and maintenance costs.                     procurement, operation, safety, and
                                                   2. Adjust the historical fixed costs                    The most common measures used to                   disposal of Government aircraft
                                                from Step 1 for inflation and for any                   evaluate the cost effectiveness of various            consistent with section 6.a. of this
                                                known upcoming cost changes,                            aspects of an aircraft program are                    Circular.
                                                including contract price adjustments, to                expressed as the cost per flying hour or                 iii. Providing policy
                                                project the new fixed cost total. The                   per passenger mile for certain types of               recommendations and guidance on the
                                                                                                        aircraft costs. These measures may be
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                                                inflation and escalation factors used                                                                         use of Government aircraft to conduct
                                                must conform to OMB Circulars A–11                      developed using the Standard Aircraft                 official business.
                                                and A–76, as appropriate.                               Program Cost Elements and include, but                   iv. Operating a Government-wide
                                                   3. Add to the adjusted historical fixed              are not limited to: Maintenance costs/                information system to collect, analyze,
                                                costs amounts representing self-                        flying hour, fuel and other fluids cost/              and report agency information on
                                                insurance costs and the annual                          flying hour, accident repair costs/flying             Government aircraft.
                                                depreciation or replacement costs, as                   hour (or per aircraft), and variable cost/               v. Developing and maintaining
                                                described in GSA regulations.                           passenger mile.                                       common, generic aircraft information


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                                                system standards (i.e., data definitions                Management and Budget, telephone                      email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The final
                                                and software specifications) for                        number (202) 395–1158.                                EIS is available in ADAMS under
                                                agencies’ use in developing their own                   [FR Doc. 2016–26464 Filed 11–1–16; 8:45 am]           Accession Nos. ML16300A104,
                                                internal aircraft information systems                   BILLING CODE P
                                                                                                                                                              ML16300A137, ML16301A018, and
                                                and for routine and ad hoc reporting of                                                                       ML16300A312, respectively.
                                                their information to GSA. These data                                                                            • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                definitions will also include aircraft                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    purchase copies of public documents at
                                                program cost element definitions and                    COMMISSION                                            the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                standards to account for aircraft costs                                                                       White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                consistent with section 6.c. of this                    [Docket Nos. 52–040 and 52–041; NRC–                  Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                Circular.                                               2009–0337]                                              • Project Web site: The final EIS can
                                                   vi. Providing to OMB and, upon                                                                             be accessed online at the Turkey Point
                                                                                                        Combined License Application for                      COL specific Web page at http://
                                                request to Congress and other official                  Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and
                                                requestors, analytical reports of the                                                                         www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/
                                                                                                        7                                                     turkey-point.html.
                                                information collected and maintained in
                                                the Government-wide aircraft                            AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                             • South Dade Regional Library and
                                                management information system as well                   Commission.                                           Homestead Branch Library: The final
                                                as information collected from agencies                  ACTION: Final environmental impact                    EIS is available for public inspection at
                                                on an ad hoc basis. Such reports should                 statement; issuance.                                  10750 SW 211th Street, Cutler Bay,
                                                include, but not be limited to:                                                                               Florida 33189; 700 N. Homestead Blvd.,
                                                   1. Aviation related reports that may be              SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                Homestead, Florida 33030.
                                                required by OMB and other Executive                     Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Army                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                guidance.                                               Corps of Engineers (USACE),                           Alicia Williamson Dickerson, Office of
                                                                                                        Jacksonville District, are issuing the                New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                   2. An annual aviation data set that
                                                                                                        final environmental impact statement                  Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
                                                includes an inventory of agency-owned
                                                                                                        (EIS), NUREG–2176, ‘‘Environmental                    0001, telephone: 301–415–1878, email:
                                                aircraft and the costs and flight hours
                                                                                                        Impact Statement for Combined                         Alicia.Williamson@nrc.gov.
                                                associated with each agency’s flight
                                                                                                        Licenses (COLs) for Turkey Point                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                operations performed by both agency-
                                                                                                        Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 7,’’ to
                                                owned and CAS aircraft.                                                                                       I. Background
                                                                                                        support the environmental review for
                                                   3. Periodic reports on the utilization               the combined license application
                                                of the Exchange/Sale Authority for                                                                               In accordance with section 51.118 of
                                                                                                        Florida Power and Light Company (FPL)                 title 10 of the Code of Federal
                                                aircraft and aircraft parts.                            submitted an application for COLs to                  Regulations, the NRC is issuing
                                                   vii. Upon a Federal agency’s request,                construct and operate two new nuclear                 NUREG–2176, ‘‘Environmental Impact
                                                conduct external audits, surveys or                     power plants at its Turkey Point site                 Statement for Combined Licenses
                                                reviews of Federal agency aviation                      near Homestead, Florida.                              (COLs) for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant,
                                                programs to identify weaknesses and/or                  DATES: The final EIS is available as of               Units 6 and 7.’’ A notice of availability
                                                to recommend improvements as needed                     October 28, 2016.                                     of the draft EIS was published by the
                                                to increase the efficiency and the                                                                            NRC in the Federal Register on March
                                                                                                        ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
                                                effectiveness, as well as to improve the                                                                      5, 2015 (80 FR 12043) and also noticed
                                                                                                        NRC–2009–0337, when contacting the
                                                safety culture of Federal agency aviation                                                                     by the U.S. Environmental Protection
                                                                                                        NRC about the availability of
                                                programs.                                                                                                     Agency on March 6, 2015 (80 FR 12172).
                                                                                                        information regarding this document.
                                                   viii. Reviewing agency aircraft                      You may obtain publicly-available                     The public comment period closed on
                                                policies for compliance with Federal                    information related to this action by the             May 22, 2015. During the course of the
                                                regulation and guidance as needed.                      following methods:                                    comment period, the NRC received
                                                   ix. Developing, coordinating and                        • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to               requests from members of the public, a
                                                providing training, through workshops                   http://www.regulations.gov and search                 Tribal government and Federal agencies
                                                and other means, to agency aviation                     for Docket ID NRC–2009–0337. Address                  to extend the comment period. The NRC
                                                professionals on aviation safety, fleet                 questions about NRC dockets to Carol                  reopened the comment period on the
                                                modernization, and any other subjects                   Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                   draft EIS from May 28, 2015, until July
                                                approved by the ICAP.                                   email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                   17, 2015 (80 FR 30501); public
                                                   8. Reports to OMB. GSA will submit                   technical questions, contact the                      comments are addressed in Appendix E
                                                a Senior Federal Travel Report to OMB                   individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                  in the final EIS. The final EIS is
                                                annually. GSA will also submit the                      INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                   available for public inspection as
                                                following items to OMB upon request:                    document.                                             indicated in the ADDRESSES section of
                                                   a. Aviation related reports.                            • NRC’S Agencywide Documents                       this document.
                                                   b. Annual aviation data sets.                        Access and Management System                             The final EIS also supports the
                                                                                                        (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                     USACE’s review and was prepared in
                                                   c. Exchange/Sale authority utilization
                                                                                                        available documents online in the                     accordance with the National
                                                reports.
                                                                                                        ADAMS Public Documents collection at                  Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
                                                   9. Related Guidance. OMB Circular                    http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        amended. The final EIS also supports
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                                                A–11 and its supplement the Capital                     adams.html. To begin the search, select               the Department of the Army’s permit
                                                Programming Guide.                                      ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents,’’ and then                  application for certain construction
                                                   10. Effective Date. This Circular is                 select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                        activities at the proposed Turkey Point,
                                                effective upon publication.                             Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                    Units 6 and 7 site. The USACE’s
                                                   11. Information Contact. All inquiries               please contact the NRC’s Public                       Department of the Army permit
                                                should be addressed to the Office of                    Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                application number for Turkey Point,
                                                Federal Procurement Policy, Office of                   1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                   Units 6 and 7 project is (SAJ–2009–


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Document Created: 2016-11-02 01:40:49
Document Modified: 2016-11-02 01:40:49
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionProposed Revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-126, ``Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft.''
DatesInterested parties should submit comments in writing to the
ContactJim Wade, OFPP, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 76385 

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