Notice2024-09781
Submission for OMB Review; Combating Trafficking in Persons
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Published
May 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentGeneral Services AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abstract
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding combating trafficking in persons.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37226-37227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09781]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0188; Docket No. 2024-0053; Sequence No. 4]
Submission for OMB Review; Combating Trafficking in Persons
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement
regarding combating trafficking in persons.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 5, 2024.
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: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
at telephone 202-969-7207, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfc5dad1ded6dbde91dbdad3d8dedbd0ffd8ccde91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a607f747b737e7b347e7f767d7b7e755a7d697b347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. OMB control number, Title, and any Associated Form(s)
OMB Control # 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons.
B. Need and Uses
This clearance covers the information that offerors and contractors
must submit to comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) requirements:
52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons
Notification. Paragraph (d) of this clause requires contractors to
notify the contracting officer and the agency Inspector General of--
<bullet> Any credible information they receive 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; and
<bullet> Any actions taken against a contractor employee,
subcontractor, subcontractor employee, or their agent pursuant to this
clause.
Compliance Plan and Annual Certification. Paragraph (h) of the
clause contains an additional requirement for contracts for supplies
(other than commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items) to be
acquired outside the United States and contracts for services to be
performed outside the United States, with an estimated value exceeding
$550,000, where the contractor is to maintain a compliance plan during
the performance of the contract. This compliance plan must include 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.
<bullet> Contractors are required to provide the compliance plan to
the contracting officer upon request.
<bullet> Contractors are required to submit a certification to the
contracting officer annually after receiving an award, asserting that
they have 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.
<bullet> For those subcontractors required to submit a
certification (see next bullet on flow down), contractors shall require
that submission prior to award of the subcontract and annually
thereafter.
Portions of this clause flows down to all subcontractors. The
requirements related to the compliance plan only flow down to
subcontracts exceeding $550,000 for supplies (other than COTS items)
acquired and services performed outside the United States.
This clause applies to commercial acquisitions, except the portions
related to the compliance plan do not apply to acquisitions of COTS
items.
52.222-56, Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance
Plan
This provision requires apparently successful offerors to submit a
certification, prior to award, that they have implemented a compliance
plan and that there have been no abuses, or that appropriate actions
have been taken if abuses have been found.
The provision requires this certification for the portion of
contracts exceeding $550,000 for supplies (other than COTS items)
acquired and services performed outside the United States.
This provision applies to commercial acquisitions, except
acquisitions of COTS items.
FAR 52.222-50, paragraph (d)--Notification. The Government uses
this notification of potential violations of trafficking in persons
requirements to investigate and take appropriate action if a violation
has occurred.
FAR 52.222-50, paragraph (h)--Compliance Plan. The Government uses
the compliance plan to ascertain compliance with the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7104), Executive Order 13627,
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) or any other applicable
law or regulation.
FAR 52.222-50, paragraph (h) and FAR 52.222-56--Certification. The
Government uses the certification to obtain reasonable assurance that
the contractor and its subcontractors are aware of and complying with
the requirements of the Executive Order and statute.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents/Recordkeepers: 5,944.
Total Annual Responses: 11,778.
Total Burden Hours: 165,818. (27,194 reporting hours + 138,624
recordkeeping hours).
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 89 FR
14497, on February 27, 2024. A comment was received in <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>
but not posted to be publicly viewable because it was not relevant or
responsive to the
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request for comments. The comment seems to be unsolicited bulk email.
Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information
collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by
calling 202-501-4755 or emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df988c9e8dbab88cbabc9fb8acbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64233725360103370107240317054a030b12">[email protected]</span></a>. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0188, Combating Trafficking in Persons.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-09781 Filed 5-3-24; 8:45 am]
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