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OMB Control No: 2132-0544	ICR Reference No: 202310-2132-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202008-2132-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FTA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Pre-Award, Post-Delivery Audit Requirements Under Buy America
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/22/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/17/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2024
Responses	700	0	700
Time Burden (Hours)	2,786	0	2,786
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The information collection under OMB control number 2132-0544 “Pre-Award, Post-Delivery Audit Requirements Under Buy America” currently does not require any revisions. As a result, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is requesting a 3-year extension without change for OMB approval. This is a mandatory collection that is designed to ensure that any vehicle purchased with Federal Transit Administration funds has at least a 60 percent domestic content and undergoes final assembly in the United States. It prevents FTA from obligating any funding that may be appropriated to carry out its program for a project unless “the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States. The information being reported is a certification document. A transit grantee must include in its bid or request for proposal (RFP) specification for procurement of steel, iron or manufactured goods an appropriate notice of the Buy America provision and require, as a condition of responsiveness, that the bidder or offer or submit with the bid or offer a completed Buy America certificate. Under limited circumstances, FTA may waive Buy America requirements. The entities that respond to this collection are transit agencies procuring rolling stock from transit bus and transit railcar manufacturers. This information is submitted as needed, triggered whenever a transit agencies procures rolling stock. Transit agencies maintain the certification on site and only need to produce the document upon request by FTA. There is no change to the number of respondents or responses. The only change associated with this submission is a change in the cost to the respondents and the cost to the federal government. Both areas have been updated to reflect the current Department of Labor wage category and the 2023 OPM Federal salary table.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 114 - 94 30001 Name of Law: Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 58 30001 Name of Law: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
   US Code: 49 USC Section 5323(j)and(m) Name of Law: Buy America

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 64023	09/18/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 80382	11/17/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Pre-Award, Post-Delivery Audit Requirements Under Buy America

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	700	700
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,786	2,786
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $330,753

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Jason Luebbers 202 366-8864

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