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Estimated Number of Respondents:
25,000.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 25,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,150.
Dated: November 20, 2020.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket Number–2020–0048]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Solicitation of Proposal
Information for Award of Public
Contracts, 700–24, 700–25
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; extension without change of
a currently approved collection, 1600–
0005.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, will submit the following
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until January 29, 2021.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.1
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number Docket #
2020–0048, at:
Æ Federal rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number Docket # 2020–0048. All
comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) collects information, when
necessary, when inviting firms to
submit bids, proposals, and offers for
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service. Using solicitation methods such
as Requests for Proposals (RFP),
Requests for Information (RFI), and
Broad Agency Announcements (BAA),
the Government requests information
from prospective offerors such as
pricing information, delivery schedule
compliance, and evidence that the
offeror has the resources (both human
and financial) to accomplish
requirements. The information
collection is necessary for compliance
with the Homeland Security Acquisition
Regulation (HSAR), 48 CFR Chapter 30,
and the Small Business Innovative
Research (SBIR) and Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) programs,
15 U.S.C 628.
The prior information collection
request for OMB No. 1600–0005 was
approved through November 30, 2021,
and includes the following:
• 3052.209–70 Prohibition on
Contracts with Corporate Expatriates
(Required in all solicitations and
contracts) The offeror must disclose
whether it is a foreign incorporated
entity that should be treated as an
inverted domestic corporation.
• 3052.209–71 Reserve Officer
Training Corps and Military Recruiting
on Campus (Required in all solicitations
and contracts with institutions of higher
education) Requires that the Contractor
represent that it does not now have, and
agrees that during performance of the
contract that it will not adopt, any
policy or practice described in
paragraph (b) of the clause.
• 3052.209–72 Organizational
Conflict of Interest, paragraphs (c), (d)
and (e), (Required in all solicitations
and contracts where a potential
organizational conflict of interest exists
and mitigation may be possible) The
offeror must disclose whether it is aware
of any facts which create any actual or
potential organizational conflicts of
interest; and, provide information as
required by the Government and a
mitigation plan relating to the conflict,
if applicable.
• 3052.209–74 Limitations on
Contractors Acting as Lead System
Integrators (Required in solicitations for
the acquisition of a major system when
the acquisition strategy envisions the
use of a lead system integrator) The
offeror must disclose whether it
proposes to perform this contract as a
lead system integrator with system
responsibility, and whether it has a
direct financial interest in the system
that is the subject of the solicitation;
and, provide evidence, as needed.
• 3052.209–76 Prohibition on
Federal Protective Service (FPS) Guard
Services Contracts with Business
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Operated by an Individual Convicted of
a Felony, paragraphs (a) through (g),
(Required in in all solicitations and
contracts for FPS guard services) The
offeror must disclose whether it is
owned, operated or controlled by an
individual convicted of any felony. A
business concern owned, operated or
controlled by an individual convicted of
any felony may submit an award request
to the Government. The request must
include information that is considered
personally identifiable information, and
any additional information the
Government deems necessary.
• 3052.215–70 Key Personnel and
Facilities (Required in solicitations and
contracts when the selection for award
is substantially based on the offeror’s
possession of special capabilities
regarding personnel or facilities) Before
removing or replacing any of the
specified individuals or facilities, the
offeror must notify the Government, in
writing, before the change becomes
effective.
• 3052.219–72 Evaluation of Prime
Contractor Participation in the DHS
Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program (Required in all
solicitations containing (HSAR) 48 CFR
3052.219–71, DHS Mentor-Prote´ge´
Program and (FAR) 48 CFR 52.219–9
Small Business Subcontracting Plan)
The offeror must provide a signed letter
of mentor-prote´ge´ agreement, if it
wishes to receive credit under the
source selection factor.
• 3052.247–70 F.o.b. Origin
Information (Required in solicitations as
appropriate) The offeror must provide
information related to the offeror’s
shipping point.
The DHS Science and Technology
(S&T) Directorate issues BAAs soliciting
when white papers and proposals from
the public. DHS S&T evaluates white
papers and proposals received in
response to a DHS S&T BAA using the
evaluation criteria specified in the BAA
through a peer or scientific review
process in accordance with FAR
35.016(d). Unclassified white papers
and proposals are typically collected via
the DHS S&T BAA secure website,
while classified white papers and
proposals must be submitted via proper
classified courier or proper classified
mailing procedures as described in the
National Industrial Security Program
Operating Manual (NSPOM).
Federal agencies with an annual
extramural research and development
(R&D) budget exceeding $100 million
are required to participate in the SBIR
Program. Similarly, Federal agencies
with an extramural R&D budget
exceeding $1 billion are required to
participate in the STTR Program.
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SBIR and STTR programs must collect
information from the public to meet:
(1) Applicable reporting requirements
under 15 U.S.C. 638 (b)(7), (g)(8), (i),
(j)(1)(E), (j)(3)(C), (l), (o)(10), and (v);
(2) The requirement to maintain both
a publicly accessible database of SBIR/
STTR award information and a
government database of SBIR/STTR
award information for SBIR and STTR
program evaluation under 15 U.S.C. 638
g(10, (k), (o)(9), and (o)(15); and
(3) Requirements for public outreach
under 15 U.S.C. 638 (j)(2)(F), (o)(14),
and (s).
DHS is seeking to renew this
collection, and revise it to add, for
purposes of entering into other
transaction agreements pursuant to 6
U.S.C. 391, 6 U.S.C. 596(1), and 49
U.S.C. 106(l)(6), Form 700–24, Other
Transaction Agreement Solicitation, and
Form 700–25, Other Transaction
Agreement Solicitation Amendment. On
the forms, respondents submit an
Employer Identification Number, as
well as the business’ name, address and
title. Respondents must also identify the
authorized business representative’s
personal name, and must include a
signature.
The information being collected is
used by the Government’s contracting
officers and other acquisition personnel,
including technical and legal staff to
determine the adequacy of technical and
management approach, experience,
responsibility, responsiveness, and
expertise of the firms submitting offers;
the identification of members of the
public (i.e., small businesses) who
qualify for and are interested in
participating in the DHS SBIR Program;
and, provide the DHS SBIR Program
Office necessary and sufficient
information to determine whether
proposals submitted by the public to the
DHS SBIR Program meet the criteria for
consideration under the program.
Failure to collect this information
would adversely affect the quality of
products and services DHS receives
from contractors. Potentially, contracts
would be awarded to firms without
sufficient experience and expertise,
thereby placing the Department’s
operations in jeopardy. Defective and
inadequate contractor deliverables
would adversely affect DHS’s
fulfillment of the mission requirements
in all areas. Additionally, the
Department would be unsuccessful in
identifying small businesses with
research and development (R&D)
capabilities, which would adversely
affect the mission requirements in this
area.
Many sources of the requested
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processing systems, databases, and web
portals to facilitate preparation of
material to be submitted and to post and
collect information. It is common place
within many of DHS’s Components for
submissions to be electronic as a result
of implementation of e-Government
initiatives.
Information technology (i.e.,
electronic web portal) is used in the
collection of information to reduce the
data gathering and records management
burden. DHS uses a secure website the
public can use to propose SBIR research
topics and submit proposals in response
to SBIR solicitations. In addition, DHS
uses a web portal to review RFIs and
register to submit a white paper or
proposal in response to a specific BAA.
The data collection forms standardize
the collection of information that is
necessary and sufficient for the DHS
SBIR Program Office to meet its
requirements under 15 U.S.C. 638.
This information collection required
by the HSAR and the SBIR and STTR
programs may or may not involve small
business contractors, depending on the
particular transaction. The burden
applied to small businesses has been
reduced to the least burdensome
commensurate with the DHS need for
the information. In certain cases,
information collection is done via a
secure website which is intended to
minimize burden for businesses
(including small businesses) and other
for-profit entities, and not-for-profit
institutions. Small businesses and other
small entities will be able to enter
identifying information and
subsequently update rather than
resubmit the information via the
internet.
Less frequent incidence of collecting
such information as offerors’ technical
approach, management approach,
experience statements, and resumes
indicating level of expertise would
negatively affect the quality of products
and services DHS received from
contractors. Potentially, contracts would
be awarded to firms without sufficient
experience and expertise, thereby
placing the Department’s operations in
jeopardy.
Additionally, DHS collects
information that is both necessary and
sufficient to comply with 15 U.S.C. 638
and receive white papers and proposals
from the public in response to BAAs.
Failure to allow the public to submit
information would diminish the ability
of the DHS SBIR Program Office to meet
its obligation for outreach as required by
15 U.S.C. 638, evaluate white papers
and proposals in accordance with the
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evaluation. DHS/ALL/PIA–006 General
Contact Lists dated June15, 2007 covers
the basic contact information that must
be collected for DHS. Other information
collected will typically pertain to the
contract itself, and not individuals. All
information for this information
collection is submitted voluntarily.
However, sensitive information (e.g.,
felony conviction information) may also
be collected through this information
collection. Due to this sensitivity, and
the sensitivities regarding the
procurement process as a whole, a new
PIA is required to document and
identify any potential risks associated
with collecting this information.
There is no assurance of
confidentiality provided to the
respondents.
The burden estimates are based upon
definitive proposals reported by DHS
and its Components to the Federal
Procurement Data System (FPDS) for FY
2019, and, for the forms, data reported
by contracting activities related to single
source DHS other transaction awards
and modifications issued in FY 2019.
No program changes occurred and there
have been no changes to the information
being collected. However, the burden
was adjusted to reflect an agency
adjustment increase of 13,206 in the
number of respondents within DHS for
FY 2019, to include the number of
respondents added as a result of the
new forms, as well as an increase in the
average hourly wage rate.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Analysis
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Title: Solicitation of Proposal
Information for Award of Public
Contracts.
OMB Number: 1600–0005.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 130,418.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.8.
Total Burden Hours: 1,358,512.
Robert Dorr,
Acting Executive Director, Business
Management Directorate.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[212.LLHQ220000.L10200000.PK0000; OMB
Control Number 1004–0041]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Authorizing Grazing Use
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
are proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, 1849 C Street NW,
Room 5647, Attn. Chandra Little,
Washington, DC 20240; or by email to
[email protected]. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1004–0041 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Brian Thrift by email
at [email protected], or by telephone at
208–373–3869. Individuals who are
hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance. You may also
view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. You may also view

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the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August
17, 2020 (85 FR 50045). The comment
period ended on October 16, 2020. The
BLM received one comment. The
comment was not relevant to this
collection of information.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The BLM is required by the
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315–315r)
and Subchapter IV of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C.
1751–1753) to manage domestic
livestock grazing on public lands
consistent with land use plans,
principles of multiple use and sustained
yield, and other relevant factors.
Compliance with these statutory
provisions necessitates collection of
information on matters such as
permittee and lessee qualifications for a
grazing permit or lease, base property
used in conjunction with public lands,
and the actual use of public lands for
domestic livestock grazing. Most
permits and leases are in effect for 10
years and are renewable if the BLM
determines that the terms and
conditions of the expiring permit or
lease are being met.
Title of Collection: Authorizing
Grazing Use (43 CFR subparts 4110 and
OMB Control Number: 1004–0041.
Form Number: 4130–1, 4130–1a,
4130–1b, 4130–3a, 4130–4, and 4
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Any
U.S. citizen or validly licensed business
may apply for a BLM grazing permit or
lease. The BLM administers nearly
18,000 permits and leases for grazing
domestic livestock, at least part of the
year on public lands.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 18,010.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 33,810.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 10 to 35 minutes,
depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 7,811.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: The BLM
collects the information on Forms 4130–
1, 4130–1a, 4130–1b, and 4130–4 on
occasion. The BLM collects the
information on Forms 4130–3a and
4130–5 annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $30,000.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Chandra Little,
Regulatory Analyst.
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