83_FR_13008 83 FR 12950 - Information Collection; Combating Trafficking in Persons

83 FR 12950 - Information Collection; Combating Trafficking in Persons

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 58 (March 26, 2018)

Page Range12950-12951
FR Document2018-06043

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved this information collection requirement for use through April 30, 2018. OMB will be requested to extend its approval for three additional years.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 58 (Monday, March 26, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12950-12951]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06043]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0188; Docket No. 2018-0003; Sequence No. 1]


Information Collection; Combating Trafficking in Persons

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding a revision and 
extension to an existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) announces the proposed extension 
of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment 
on the provisions thereof. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved this information collection requirement for use through 
April 30, 2018. OMB will be requested to extend its approval for three 
additional years.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 25, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number 9000-0188. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0188, Combating 
Trafficking in Persons. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. 
Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information 
Collection 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons, on your 
attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons, in all 
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to regulations.gov, including any 
personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm 
receipt of your comment(s), please check regulations.gov, approximately 
two-to-three business days after submission to verify posting (except 
allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement 
Analyst, Acquistion Policy Division, via telephone 202-219-0202, or via 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    This is a requirement for a revision and renewal of OMB control 
number 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    Executive Order (E.O.) 13627, entitled Strengthening Protections 
Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts, dated September 
25, 2012 (77 FR 60029, October 2, 2012) and Title XVII of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239, 
enacted January 2, 2013) strengthen the long standing zero-tolerance 
policy of the United States regarding Government employees and 
contractor personnel engaging in any form of trafficking in persons.
    Contractors are required to inform the contracting officer and the 
agency Inspector General of any credible information it receives from 
any source that alleges a contractor employee, subcontractor, or 
subcontractor employee, or their agent has engaged in conduct that 
violates the policy in paragraph (b) of the clause 52.222-50. This 
requirement flows down to all subcontractors.
    Additional protections are required where the estimated value of 
the

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supplies (other than commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items) 
to be acquired outside the United States, or the services to be 
performed, outside the United States has an estimated value that 
exceeds $500,000. These protections include the following: (a) The 
contractor is required to implement and maintain a compliance plan 
during the performance of the contract that includes an awareness 
program, a process for employees to report activity inconsistent with 
the zero-tolerance policy, a recruitment and wage plan, a housing plan, 
and procedures to prevent subcontractors from engaging in trafficking 
in persons; and (b) The contractor is required to submit a 
certification to the contracting officer prior to receiving an award, 
and annually thereafter, asserting that it has the required compliance 
plan in place and that there have been no abuses, or that appropriate 
actions have been taken if abuses have been found. The compliance plan 
must be provided to the contracting officer upon request, and relevant 
portions of it must be posted at the workplace and on the contractor's 
website. Additionally, contractors are required to flow these 
requirements down to any subcontracts where the estimated value of the 
supplies acquired or the services required to be performed outside the 
United States exceeds $500,000.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Ending Trafficking in 
Persons, FAR 22.1705 and FAR 52.222-50 and 52.222-56; OMB Control 
Number 9000-0188.
    Adjustment: This information collection is revised to include 
appropriate burden hours for reporting that was initially published in 
FAR Case 2013-001 (78 FR 59317 and 80 FR 4967) for FAR clause 52.222-
50, Combating Trafficking in Persons, and provision 52.222-56, 
Certification Regarding Trafficing in Persons Compliance Plan. The full 
burden associated with this FAR Case was inadvertently omitted in the 
Paperwork Reduction Act notice published on August 20, 2014 (78 FR 
59317). The following represents current burdens associated with the 
FAR clause and provision that were published in the proposed and final 
rules.
    Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit entities.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondents: 5,909.
    Responses per Respondent: 3.
    Annual Responses: 17,727.
    Hours per Response: 12.
    Total Burden Hours: 212,724.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; 
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of 
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
    Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in 
Persons, in all correspondence.

    Dated: March 20, 2018.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-06043 Filed 3-23-18; 8:45 am]
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12950 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2018 / Notices check regulations.gov, approximately information on those who are to 9000–0188. Select the link ‘‘Comment two-to-three business days after respond, through the use of appropriate Now’’ that corresponds with submission to verify posting (except technological collection techniques or ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0188, allow 30 days for posting of comments other forms of information technology. Combating Trafficking in Persons. submitted by mail). Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Follow the instructions provided on the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Requesters may obtain a copy of the screen. Please include your name, Curtis E. Glover, Sr. Procurement information collection documents from company name (if any), and Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, the General Services Administration, ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0188, 202–501–1448, or via email at Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), Combating Trafficking in Persons, on curtis.glover@gsa.gov. 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC, your attached document. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. • Mail: General Services Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– Administration, Regulatory Secretariat A. Purpose 0054, U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Statement, Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Section 5 of the International Air in all correspondence. Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Transportation Fair Competitive Mandell/IC 9000–0188, Combating Dated: March 20, 2018. Practices Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1517) Trafficking in Persons. Lorin S. Curit, Instructions: Please submit comments (Fly America Act) requires that all Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, only and cite Information Collection Federal agencies and Government Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 9000–0188, Combating Trafficking in contractors and subcontractors at FAR Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 47.402, use U.S.-flag air carriers for U.S. Persons, in all correspondence related to Governmentwide Policy. Government-financed international air this collection. Comments received [FR Doc. 2018–06042 Filed 3–23–18; 8:45 am] generally will be posted without change transportation of personnel (and their personal effects) or property, to the BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P to regulations.gov, including any extent that service by those carriers is personal and/or business confidential available. It requires the Comptroller information provided. To confirm DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE receipt of your comment(s), please General of the United States, in the absence of satisfactory proof of the GENERAL SERVICES check regulations.gov, approximately necessity for foreign-flag air ADMINISTRATION two-to-three business days after transportation, to disallow expenditures submission to verify posting (except from funds, appropriated or otherwise allow 30 days for posting of comments NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND established for the account of the United submitted by mail). SPACE ADMINISTRATION States, for international air FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. transportation secured aboard a foreign- [OMB Control No. 9000–0188; Docket No. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, 2018–0003; Sequence No. 1] Acquistion Policy Division, via flag air carrier if a U.S.-flag air carrier is available to provide such services. In telephone 202–219–0202, or via email Information Collection; Combating cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. the event that the contractor selects a Trafficking in Persons carrier other than a U.S.-flag air carrier SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: for international air transportation AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), A. Purpose during performance of the contract, the General Services Administration (GSA), contractor shall include per FAR clause and National Aeronautics and Space This is a requirement for a revision 52.247–64 a statement on vouchers Administration (NASA). and renewal of OMB control number involving such transportation. The 9000–0188, Combating Trafficking in ACTION: Notice of request for public contracting officer uses the information Persons. comments regarding a revision and Executive Order (E.O.) 13627, entitled furnished in the statement to determine extension to an existing OMB clearance. Strengthening Protections Against whether adequate justification exists for SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Trafficking in Persons in Federal the contractor’s use of other than a U.S.- Paperwork Reduction Act, the Contracts, dated September 25, 2012 (77 flag air carrier. Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) FR 60029, October 2, 2012) and Title B. Annual Reporting Burden announces the proposed extension of a XVII of the National Defense Respondents: 150. public information collection Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Responses per Respondent: 2. requirement and seeks public comment (Pub. L. 112–239, enacted January 2, Annual Responses: 300. on the provisions thereof. The Office of 2013) strengthen the long standing zero- Hours Per Response: .25. Management and Budget (OMB) has tolerance policy of the United States Total Burden Hours: 75. approved this information collection regarding Government employees and requirement for use through April 30, contractor personnel engaging in any C. Public Comments 2018. OMB will be requested to extend form of trafficking in persons. Public comments are particularly Contractors are required to inform the invited on: Whether this collection of its approval for three additional years. contracting officer and the agency information is necessary for the proper DATES: Submit comments on or before Inspector General of any credible performance of functions of the FAR, May 25, 2018. information it receives from any source and whether it will have practical ADDRESSES: Submit comments that alleges a contractor employee, utility; whether our estimate of the identified by Information Collection sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES subcontractor, or subcontractor public burden of this collection of 9000–0188, Combating Trafficking in employee, or their agent has engaged in information is accurate, and based on Persons by any of the following conduct that violates the policy in valid assumptions and methodology; methods: paragraph (b) of the clause 52.222–50. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and • Regulations.gov: http:// This requirement flows down to all clarity of the information to be www.regulations.gov. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2018 / Notices 12951 supplies (other than commercially Responses per Respondent: 3. extension or reinstatement of an existing available off-the-shelf (COTS) items) to Annual Responses: 17,727. collection of information) and to allow be acquired outside the United States, or Hours per Response: 12. 60 days for public comment on the the services to be performed, outside the Total Burden Hours: 212,724. proposed action. Interested persons are United States has an estimated value C. Public Comments invited to send comments regarding our that exceeds $500,000. These burden estimates or any other aspect of protections include the following: (a) Public comments are particularly this collection of information, including The contractor is required to implement invited on: Whether this collection of the necessity and utility of the proposed and maintain a compliance plan during information is necessary for the proper information collection for the proper the performance of the contract that performance of functions of the FAR, performance of the agency’s functions, includes an awareness program, a and whether it will have practical the accuracy of the estimated burden, process for employees to report activity utility; whether our estimate of the ways to enhance the quality, utility, and inconsistent with the zero-tolerance public burden of this collection of clarity of the information to be policy, a recruitment and wage plan, a information is accurate, and based on collected, and the use of automated housing plan, and procedures to prevent valid assumptions and methodology; collection techniques or other forms of subcontractors from engaging in ways to enhance the quality, utility, and information technology to minimize the trafficking in persons; and (b) The clarity of the information to be information collection burden. contractor is required to submit a collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of DATES: Comments must be received by certification to the contracting officer May 25, 2018. prior to receiving an award, and information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate ADDRESSES: When commenting, please annually thereafter, asserting that it has the required compliance plan in place technological collection techniques or reference the document identifier or and that there have been no abuses, or other forms of information technology. OMB control number. To be assured that appropriate actions have been taken Obtaining Copies of Proposals: consideration, comments and if abuses have been found. The Requesters may obtain a copy of the recommendations must be submitted in compliance plan must be provided to information collection documents from any one of the following ways: the contracting officer upon request, and the General Services Administration, 1. Electronically. You may send your relevant portions of it must be posted at Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), comments electronically to http:// the workplace and on the contractor’s 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC www.regulations.gov. Follow the website. Additionally, contractors are 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. instructions for ‘‘Comment or required to flow these requirements Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ down to any subcontracts where the 0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons, to find the information collection estimated value of the supplies acquired in all correspondence. document(s) that are accepting or the services required to be performed Dated: March 20, 2018. comments. outside the United States exceeds Lorin S. Curit, 2. By regular mail. You may mail $500,000. Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, written comments to the following Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, address: CMS, Office of Strategic B. Annual Reporting Burden Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Title, Associated Form, and OMB Governmentwide Policy. Division of Regulations Development, Number: Ending Trafficking in Persons, [FR Doc. 2018–06043 Filed 3–23–18; 8:45 am] Attention: Document Identifier/OMB FAR 22.1705 and FAR 52.222–50 and BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P Control Number ___, Room C4–26–05, 52.222–56; OMB Control Number 9000– 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 0188. Maryland 21244–1850. Adjustment: This information DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND To obtain copies of a supporting collection is revised to include HUMAN SERVICES statement and any related forms for the appropriate burden hours for reporting proposed collection(s) summarized in that was initially published in FAR Case Centers for Medicare & Medicaid this notice, you may make your request 2013–001 (78 FR 59317 and 80 FR 4967) Services using one of following: for FAR clause 52.222–50, Combating 1. Access CMS’ website address at [Document Identifiers: CMS–10249 and Trafficking in Persons, and provision https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and- CMS–10261] 52.222–56, Certification Regarding Guidance/Legislation/Paperwork Trafficing in Persons Compliance Plan. Agency Information Collection ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html. The full burden associated with this Activities: Proposed Collection; 2. Email your request, including your FAR Case was inadvertently omitted in Comment Request address, phone number, OMB number, the Paperwork Reduction Act notice and CMS document identifier, to published on August 20, 2014 (78 FR AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 59317). The following represents Medicaid Services, HHS. 3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at current burdens associated with the ACTION: Notice. (410) 786–1326. FAR clause and provision that were FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: published in the proposed and final SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing William Parham at (410) 786–4669. rules. an opportunity for the public to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Affected Public: Businesses and other SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: for-profit entities. comment on CMS’ intention to collect information from the public. Under the Contents Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the This notice sets out a summary of the Type of Request: Revision of a PRA), federal agencies are required to use and burden associated with the currently approved collection. publish notice in the Federal Register following information collections. 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Document Created: 2018-03-24 00:59:59
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of request for public comments regarding a revision and extension to an existing OMB clearance.
DatesSubmit comments on or before May 25, 2018.
ContactMs. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, Acquistion Policy Division, via telephone 202-219-0202, or via email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 12950 
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