[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]



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Vol. 79

Friday,

No. 114

June 13, 2014

Part XVII





General Services Administration





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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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.

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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
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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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.
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           General Services Administration--Completed Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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242.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ36
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR Case 2012-
                             G501; Electronic
                             Contracting Initiative.
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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:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Proposed Rule.......................   05/00/14
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    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.

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    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:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   05/00/14
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    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:

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               Reason                    Date            FR Cite
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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
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ36

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