justification sf-lll

SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

Supporting Statement to Accompany SF-83I

A. Justification

1. Section 319 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990, PL 101-121 (31 USC 1352) required that each person who request or receives a Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreements, loan or a Federal commitment to unsure or guarantee a loan, must disclose lobbying. The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (PL 104-65) included some amendments to 31 USC 13542, popularly known as the Byrd Amendment. These amendments were effective 1/1/96.

2. The SF-LLL is the standard disclosure reporting form for lobbying paid for with non-Federal funds, as required by the Byrd Amendment, as amended by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. The form is used by persons who request or receive a Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreements, loan or a Federal commitment to unsure or guarantee a loan. The Federal awarding agencies and OMB use information reported on this form for general management of the Federal assistance awards programs (see Appendix).

3. Federal awarding agencies have the option of allowing grantees to use electronic submission of alternate forms. Although agencies can allow grantees to submit electronically, or via other forms, they are only approved to collect the information approved under this information collection.

4. There is no other source for the information reported on this form.

5. The information requirements do not pertain to small business or other small entities.

6. The collection of information is required to meet a statutory requirement; thus, the collection cannot be less frequently.

7. No such special circumstances exist.

8. The information requirement has been in effect since 1989.

9. No such payments or gifts are contemplated.

10. No confidentiality is provided.

11. No sensitive information is collected.

12. The estimated reporting burden per respondent for this form is 10 minutes. It is expected that 1,000 respondents will use this form.  At 10 minutes per response, the total burden is 10,000 minutes or 167 hours.

13-18. Not Applicable.

B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods - Not Applicable

LIST OF AGENCIES APPROVED TO USE THIS FORM:

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Education

Department of Energy

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Justice

Department of Labor

Department of State

Department of the Interior

Department of Transportation

Department of Treasury

Department of Veterans Affairs

Environmental Protection Agency

Executive Office of the President

General Services Administration

National Aeronautics & Space Administration

National Science Foundation

Office of Personnel Management

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Small Business Administration

Smithsonian Institution

Social Security Administration

US Agency for International Development

Access Board

Advisory Council for Historic Preservation

African Development Foundation

American Battle Monuments Commission

Appalachian Regional Commission

Architect of the Capitol

Architectural & Trans. Barries Comp. Board

Armed Forces Retirement Home

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Foundation

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Capitol Police

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation

Commission for the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad

Commission on Civil Rights

Commission on Fine Arts

Committee for the Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Products Safety Commission

Corporation for National & Community Service

Court Services and Offender Supv. Agency

DC Pretrial Services Agency

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Delaware River Basin

Dwight Eisenhower Commission

Election Assistance Commission

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Export and Import Bank of US

FCA-FCSIC

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Election Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Federal Mine Safety Health Rev. Commission

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

GPO

Institute of Museum and Library Services

International Boundary and Water Commission

John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Marine Mammal Commission

Merit Systems Protection Board

Millenium Challenge Corporation

National Archives & Records Administration

National Assessment Governing Board

National Capital Planning Commission

National Credit Union Administration

National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Humanities

National Gallery of Art

National Indian Gaming Commission

National Labor Relations Board

National Mediation Board

National Transportation Safety Board

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

Office of Science & Technology Policy

Office of Special Counsel

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Peace Corps

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Postal Regulatory Commission

Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange

Selective Service System

Surface Transportation Board

Tennessee Valley Authority

US Chemical Safety Hazard

US Holocaust Memorial Museum

US International Trade Commission

US Office of Government Ethics

US Trade and Development Agency

Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conserv. Comm

Valles Caldera

Vietnam Education Foundation

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars