Notice2023-20387
Submission for OMB Review; Living Quarters Eligibility Questionnaire; GSA Form 5039
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Published
September 20, 2023
Issuing agencies
General Services Administration
Abstract
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information collection requirement.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64912-64913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20387]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-XXXX; Docket No. 2023-0001; Sequence No. 2]
Submission for OMB Review; Living Quarters Eligibility
Questionnaire; GSA Form 5039
AGENCY: Office of Human Resource Management, Division of Human Capital
Policy and Programs, General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a request for a new
OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new
information collection requirement.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments''; or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colin C. Bennett, Human Resources
Specialist, Office of Human Resources Management, Division of Human
Capital Policy and Programs, at telephone 240-418-6822 or via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4878b888d8aca86818a8a819090a4839785ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e3d31323730703c3b30303b2a2a1e392d3f70393128">[email protected]</span></a> for clarification of content.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The General Services Administration routinely hires, reassigns,
promotes, or
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transfers Federal employees to duty stations in foreign areas (i.e.,
outside of the United States and its territories and possessions).
Civilian employees located in foreign areas are eligible for different
compensation authorities compared to employees located in the United
States or its territories or possessions. Besides basic pay, certain
foreign allowances are often used as recruitment or retention
incentives to make foreign service more economically feasible. One type
of allowance is called a ``living quarters allowance,'' or ``LQA,'' and
allows an agency to reimburse the cost of rental housing as well as
utilities (such as electricity, natural gas, and water service). Under
this authority (conveyed by the Overseas Differentials and Allowances
Act of 1960, Pub. L. 86-707, Sept. 6, 1960, codified at 5 U.S.C.
5923(a)(2)), not all job candidates or overseas employees are
necessarily eligible (for example, if Government-provided housing is
made available). In addition, for those job candidates eligible, the
amount of the benefit varies by rank (i.e., GS grade), presence
overseas with or without family, and overall family size. Detailed
rules concerning eligibility and other matters are found in the State
Department's Department of State Standardized Regulations, sections
031.12 and chapter 130.
To more effectively administer LQA, the General Services
Administration (GSA) has created a new agency form, GSA Form 5039,
Living Quarters Allowance Eligibility Questionnaire. This form collects
basic demographic and housing-related information and also includes
questions meant to coordinate housing benefits between the U.S.
military and other Federal agencies (for example, if two spouses work
for different Federal agencies). Individuals who complete this pre-
employment questionnaire are considered job candidates and may be
members of the public (if not already Federal civilian employees). The
purpose of the data collection from job candidates is to ensure that
eligible applicants receive allowance consideration, in the correct
amounts based on the position and family size, and ineligible
candidates are not erroneously provided with this significant monetary
benefit.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 25 per year.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 25.
Hours per Response: 1.
Total Burden Hours: 25.
C. Public Comments
A notice published in the Federal Register at 88 FR 16447 on March
17, 2023. No comments were received.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: While the proposed GSA Form 5039 is
not included within this article's publication, a copy of the form can
be obtained through the Regulatory Secretariat Division by calling 202-
501-4755 or emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b0c180a192e2c182e280b2c382a652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96d1c5d7c4f3f1c5f3f5d6f1e5f7b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a>. Please cite OMB Control No.
3090-XXXX, Living Quarters Allowance Eligibility Questionnaire; GSA
Form 5039, in all correspondence.
Lesley Briante,
Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-20387 Filed 9-19-23; 8:45 am]
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