[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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Part V

Department of Defense

General Services Administration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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48 CFR Chapter 1, Parts 22, 25, and 52



Federal Acquisitions: Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-08; Trade 
Agreements--Thresholds; and Small Entity Compliance Guide; Interim 
Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1


Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-08; Introduction

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Summary presentation of interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the 
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition 
Circular (FAC) 2005-08. A companion document, the Small Entity 
Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, 
is available via the Internet at http://www.acqnet.gov/far.

DATES: For effective date and comment date, see separate document which 
follows.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below in relation to the 
FAR case. Please cite FAC 2005-08, FAR case 2005-030. Interested 
parties may also visit our Web site at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. For 
information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the 
FAR Secretariat at (202) 501-4755.

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    Item                      Subject                        FAR case           FAR Analyst
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I..........  Trade Agreements--Thresholds (Interim)...  2005-030            Marshall.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments to this FAR case, refer to the 
specific item number and subject set forth in the document following 
this item summary.
    FAC 2005-08 amends the FAR as specified below:

Item I--Trade Agreements--Thresholds (Interim)(FAR Case 2005-030)

    This interim rule changes the thresholds for application of the 
World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and the other 
Free Trade Agreements with Canada, Mexico, Chile, Singapore, and 
Australia. These threshold increases occur every two years in order to 
keep pace with inflation. The United States Trade Representative 
published the thresholds in the December 12, 2005, Federal Register (70 
FR 73510 to 73511).

    Dated: December 28, 2005.
Gerald Zaffos,
Director, Contract Policy Division.

Federal Acquisition Circular

    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-08 is issued under the 
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General 
Services, and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
    Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2005-08 is 
effective January 5, 2006.

    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Domenic C. Cipicchio,
Acting Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.

    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Roger Waldron,
Acting Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Chief Acquisition 
Officer, General Services Administration.

    Dated: December 28, 2005.
Anne Guenther,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration.
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