[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-08281]



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Vol. 80

Friday,

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April 10, 2015

Part IV





Department of Defense





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General Services Administration





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National Aeronautics and Space Administration





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48 CFR Chapter 1





Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-81; 
Introduction, Further Amendments to Equal Employment Opportunity, and 
Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-81; Small Entity Compliance Guide, 
Final Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR 2015-0051, Sequence 1]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2005-81; Introduction

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

ACTION: Summary presentation of an 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 (Councils) in this Federal 
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-81. 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.regulations.gov.

DATES: For effective dates and comment dates see separate documents, 
which follow.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The analyst whose name appears in the 
table below in relation to the FAR case. Please cite FAC 2005-81 and 
the specific FAR case number. For information pertaining to status or 
publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat at 202-501-
4755.

Rule Listed in FAC 2005-81

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               Subject                   FAR Case          Analyst
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Further Amendments to Equal              2015-013   Loeb.
 Employment Opportunity (Interim).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary for the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR case, refer to the 
specific item number and subject set forth in the document following 
this item summary. FAC 2005-81 amends the FAR as specified below:

I--Further Amendments to Equal Employment Opportunity (FAR Case 2015-
013)

    DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13672, 
entitled ``Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal 
Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 
11246, Equal Employment Opportunity''. E.O. 13672 was signed July 21, 
2014. This interim rule is also implementing a final rule issued by the 
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of 
Labor, which was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 72985 on 
December 9, 2014, Implementation of Executive Order 13672 Prohibiting 
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by 
Contractors and Subcontractors.
    Executive Order 11246, dated September 24, 1965, established 
requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment 
for Federal contractors and subcontractors. The bases of discrimination 
prohibited by E.O. 11246 are race, color, religion, sex, and national 
origin. E.O. 13672 adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the 
prohibited bases of discrimination established by Executive Order 
11246. There is no significant impact on small entities imposed by the 
FAR rule.

    Dated: April 7, 2015.
William Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-81 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 2005-81 is 
effective April 10, 2015.

Dated: April 6, 2015.

RADM Althea H. Coetzee,

Acting Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.

Dated: April 6, 2015.

Jeffrey A. Koses,

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, Office of Acquisition 
Policy, U.S. General Services Administration.

Dated: April 6, 2015.

Monica Y. Manning,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration.

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