# Information Collection Requirement; DFARS Part 232, Contract Financing, and the Clause at 252.232-7002, Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisition
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
**DATES:**
Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 4, 2025.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to *https://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.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: *https://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title and OMB Number:* Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 232, Contract Financing, and the Clause at 252.232-7002 Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisition; OMB Control Number 0704-0321.
*Type of Request:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Affected Public:* Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Required to obtain or retain benefits.
*Frequency:* On Occasion.
*Number of Respondents:* 107.
*Responses per Respondent:* 19.2.
*Annual Responses:* 2,056.
*Average Burden per Response:* 1.5 hours.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 3,084.
*Needs and Uses:* Section 22 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2762) requires the U.S. Government to use foreign funds, rather than U.S. appropriated funds, to purchase military equipment for foreign governments. To comply with this requirement, the Government needs to know how much of each progress payment to charge each country. Paragraph (a) of DFARS 232.502-4-70 prescribes use of the contract clause at DFARS 252.232-7002, Progress Payments for Foreign Military Sales Acquisitions, in any contract that provides for progress payments and contains foreign military sales (FMS) requirements. The clause at 252.232-7002 requires each contractor whose contract includes FMS requirements to submit a separate progress payment request for each progress payment rate and to submit a supporting schedule that clearly distinguishes the contract's FMS requirements from U.S. requirements. The Government uses this information to determine how much of each country's funds to disburse to the contractor.
*DoD Clearance Officer:* Mr. Tucker Lucas. Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at *[email protected].*
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.