Notice2022-13964
Request for Information Relating to the Implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act; Extension of Public Comment Period
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Published
June 30, 2022
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
Through today's notice, HUD announces that it is extending the public comment period on its "Request for Information Relating to the Implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act," published in the Federal Register on June 1, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39111-39112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13964]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6331-N-04]
Request for Information Relating to the Implementation of the
Build America, Buy America Act; Extension of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
ACTION: Request for information; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: Through today's notice, HUD announces that it is extending the
public comment period on its ``Request for Information Relating to the
Implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act,'' published in
the Federal Register on June 1, 2022.
DATES: Comment Due Date: The comment due date of July 1, 2022, for
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the Request for Information published on June 1, 2022, at 87 FR 33193,
is extended to July 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments responsive
to this Request for Information to the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must
refer to the above docket number and title. There are two methods for
submitting public comments. All submissions must refer to the above
docket number and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. HUD strongly encourages commenters to
submit their feedback and recommendations electronically. Electronic
submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and
submit a response, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make comments immediately available to the public. Comments submitted
electronically through the <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> website can be
viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public comments, responses
must be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. It
is not acceptable to submit comments by facsimile (fax) or
electronic mail. Again, all submissions must refer to the docket
number and title of the notice.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and downloading at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Pamela Blumenthal, Office of
Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8138, Washington, DC 20410-0500;
telephone number 202-402-7012 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY
by calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 (this is a toll-
free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Build America, Buy America Act (the Act)
was enacted on November 15, 2021, as part of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Public Law 117-58. The Act establishes
a domestic content procurement preference (the ``Buy American
Preference,'' or ``BAP'') that applies to HUD's Federal financial
assistance for Federal infrastructure programs. On June 1, 2022, HUD
published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register to
seek public input on the implementation of the Build America, Buy
America Act (the Act) as it applies to HUD's Federal Financial
Assistance. 87 FR 33193.
The RFI specifically sought input on the potential documentation
and information collection necessary to estimate the information
collection burden and assist HUD in the development of a Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) package associated with a proposed general
applicability waiver to the Act's BAP that HUD published on April 29,
2022. 87 FR 26219. In this waiver notice, HUD stated that recipients of
Federal Financial Assistance from HUD are unfamiliar with the BAP and
additional information collection requirements, as HUD's programs have
not previously been subject to a similar Buy American preference. Thus,
HUD found a general applicability waiver of the BAP to be in the public
interest until HUD had the opportunity to fully review public comments
on how to effectively reduce the burden on the public arising from
information collection necessary to implement the Act.
Though not directly related to the June 1, 2022, RFI, HUD published
a second proposed general applicability waiver of the BAP to HUD's
Federal Financial Assistance awards for Tribes, Tribally Designated
Housing Entities (TDHEs), and other Tribal Entities. 87 FR 26221. As
provided in that notice, given that the BAP is new to HUD's Federal
Financial Assistance directed to Tribes, TDHEs, and other Tribal
Entities and the potential impact of the BAP on Tribal recipients, HUD
found it would counter to the public interest to apply the BAP prior to
completion of the Tribal consultation process. A general applicability
waiver would provide the Department with sufficient time to comply with
HUD's Tribal consultation process in recognition of Tribes' right to
self-government and to inform a tailored implementation for Tribal
recipients.
HUD's June 1, 2022, RFI established a comment due date of July 1,
2022. HUD has determined that an extension of the deadline would
provide the time needed for HUD Federal Financial Assistance
recipients; Federal, State, local, and Tribal government officials; and
relevant stakeholders to submit comments and provide the specific
information requested. Therefore, HUD is announcing through this notice
an extended public comment period, for an additional 14-day period, to
July 15, 2022.
Marcia L. Fudge,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-13964 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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