[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34126-34129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13131]
[[Page 34125]]
Vol. 79
Friday,
No. 114
June 13, 2014
Part XVII
General Services Administration
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 79 , No. 114 / Friday, June 13, 2014 /
Unified Agenda
[[Page 34126]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
41 CFR Chs. 102 and 303
48 CFR Chapter 5
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that GSA
plans for the next 12 months and those that were completed since the
fall 2013 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of
Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' GSA's purpose
in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons an opportunity
to participate in the rulemaking process. GSA also invites interested
persons to recommend existing significant regulations for review to
determine whether they should be modified or eliminated. Proposed rules
may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking Web
site at http://www.regulations.gov.
Since the fall 2007 edition, the Internet has been the basic means
for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will
be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a
greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda
database.
Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the
regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 602), GSA's printed agenda entries include only:
(1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda,
in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are
likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities; and
(2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review
under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain
information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda
requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in
the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. In addition, for fall
editions of the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan will continue to be
printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including GSA's
regulatory plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hada Flowers, Division Director,
Regulatory Secretariat Division at (202) 501-4755.
Dated: March 7, 2014.
Anne Rung,
Associate Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
General Services Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
240....................... General Services 3090-AJ41
Administration
Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-
G502, Federal Supply
Schedule Contracting
(Administrative Changes).
241....................... General Services 3090-AJ43
Administration
Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2010-
G511, Purchasing by Non-
Federal Entities.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Services Administration--Completed Actions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
242....................... General Services 3090-AJ36
Administration
Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2012-
G501; Electronic
Contracting Initiative.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)
Proposed Rule Stage
240. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-G502, Federal Supply Schedule Contracting
(Administrative Changes)
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); EO 11609
Abstract: General Services Administration is proposing to amend the
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to update
and streamline the text addressing GSAR Part 515, Contracting by
Negotiation; GSAR Part 538, Federal Supply Schedule Contracting; and
corresponding provisions and clauses in GSAR Part 552, Solicitation
Provisions and Contract Clauses. The passage of time since the last
rewrite of the General Service Acquisition Manual necessitates several
changes, additions, and/or deletions to the regulations.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposed Rule....................... 05/00/14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Procurement Analyst, General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405,
Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3090-AJ41
241. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2010-G511, Purchasing by Non-Federal Entities
Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a
proposed rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation (GSAR) part 511, Describing Agency Needs, to implement the
Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-263) (FSSUA),
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-411) (NAHASDA), the John
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub. L.
109-364) (NDAA), and the Local Preparedness Acquisition Act for Fiscal
Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-248) (LPAA). GSA is also amending GSAR part 538,
Federal Supply Schedule Contracting, and GSAR part 552, Solicitation
Provisions and Contract Clauses, in regard to this statutory
implementation.
[[Page 34127]]
The FSSUA provided increased access to GSA's Federal Supply
Schedules (Schedules). Specifically, section 2 of the Act added
subsection 40 U.S.C. 502(e), authorizing the use of the Schedules by
the American National Red Cross and other qualified organizations in
certain circumstances.
Further, section 3 of the FSSUA added subsection 40 U.S.C. 502(f),
which requires all users of the Schedules, including non-Federal users,
to use the contracts in accordance with the ordering guidance provided
by the Administrator of the General Services. GSA encourages non-
Federal users to follow the Schedules ordering procedures set forth in
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.4; however, non-Federal
users may use different established competitive ordering procedures if
such procedures are needed to satisfy their state or local acquisition
regulations and/or organizational policies.
Finally, section 4 of the FSSUA further amended 40 U.S.C. 502 to
include additional purchasing authority for state or local governments
by inserting ``to facilitate disaster preparedness or response,'' after
``Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121, et seq..)'' in 40 U.S.C. 502(d)(1).
In terms of other authorities, GSA is amending the GSAR to
implement section 101 of NAHASDA, codified at 25 U.S.C. 4111(j), which
provides that certain tribes or tribally designated housing entities
may access GSA's sources of supply.
Additionally, GSA is amending GSAR parts 511, 538, and 552 to
implement Section 833 of the NDAA, which amended 40 U.S.C 502(d)(1) to
authorize the Administrator of General Services to provide to state or
local governments the use of GSA's Schedules for the purchase of goods
or services to be used to facilitate recovery from a declared major
disaster, terrorism, or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological
attack.
Finally, the LPAA amended 40 U.S.C. 502(c), by authorizing the
Administrator of General Services to provide to state or local
governments the use of GSA's Schedules for the acquisition of law
enforcement, security, and certain other related items.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 05/00/14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Procurement Analyst, General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405,
Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3090-AJ43
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)
Completed Actions
242. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR);
GSAR Case 2012-G501; Electronic Contracting Initiative
Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) issued a
proposed rule to amend the General Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation to add clause 552.238-81, Modifications (Federal Supply
Schedule), and an Alternate I version of the clause that will require
electronic submission of modifications under Federal Supply Schedule
contracts managed by GSA. The public reporting burdens associated with
both the basic and Alternate I clauses are also being updated.
Completed:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reason Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Rule.......................... 03/13/14 79 FR 14182
Correction.......................... 04/11/14 79 FR 20106
Correction Effective................ 04/14/14
Final Rule Effective................ 04/14/14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Phone: 202 357-9652, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 3090-AJ36
[FR Doc. 2014-13131 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-34-P