[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 159 (Friday, August 17, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46360-46361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3801]


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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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