[Federal Register: August 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 159)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46360-46361]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 25 and 52
[FAC 2005-19; FAR Case 2006-006; Item X; Docket 2006-0020; Sequence 7]
RIN 9000-AK49
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-006, Free Trade
Agreements--El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed to adopt the
interim rule published in the Federal Register at 71 FR 36935, June 28,
2006, as a final rule without change. This final rule amends the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Dominican
Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement with
respect to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
DATES: Effective Date: August 17, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Meredith Murphy, Procurement
Analyst, at (202) 208-6925 for clarification of content. For
information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the
FAR Secretariat at (202) 501-4755. Please cite FAC 2005-19, FAR case
2006-006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
DoD, GSA, and NASA published an interim rule in the Federal
Register at 71 FR 36935 on June 28, 2006, to implement the Dominican
Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-
DR) with respect to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Public Law
109-53). No comments were received by the close of the public comment
period on August 28, 2006. Therefore, the Councils agreed to convert
the interim rule to a final rule without change.
This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under Section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is
not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration certify that this
final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq. Although the rule opens up
Government procurement to the products of El Salvador, Honduras, and
Nicaragua, the Councils do not anticipate any significant economic
impact on U.S. small businesses. The Department of Defense only applies
the trade agreements to the non-defense items listed at DFARS 225.401-
70, and acquisitions that are set-aside for small businesses ar exempt.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act does apply; however, these changes to
the FAR do not impose additional information collection requirements to
the paperwork burden previously approved under OMB Control Numbers
9000-0139, 9000-0025, and 9000-0141.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 25 and 52
Government procurement.
Dated: July 30, 2007
Al Matera,
Acting Director, Contract Policy Division.
Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Change
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Accordingly, the interim rule amending 48 CFR parts 25 and 52, which
was published at 71 FR 36935,
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June 28, 2006, is adopted as a final rule without change.
[FR Doc. 07-3801 Filed 8-16-07; 8:45 am]
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