[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78032-78033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30661]
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Vol. 80
Tuesday,
No. 240
December 15, 2015
Part XVIII
General Services Administration
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 240 / Tuesday, December 15, 2015 /
Unified Agenda
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
41 CFR Chs. 101, 102, 300, and 301
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
spring 2015 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of
Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' The Agency's
purpose in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons an
opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process and 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.
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: September 18, 2015.
Christine Harada,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
General Services Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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374....................... General Services 3090-AJ67
Administration
Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2015-
G512, Unenforceable
Commercial Supplier
Agreement Terms.
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General Services Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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375....................... General Services 3090-AJ43
Administration
Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2010-
G511, Purchasing by Non-
Federal Entities.
376....................... General Services 3090-AJ51
Administration
Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-
G504, Transactional Data
Reporting.
377....................... General Services 3090-AJ57
Administration Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2015-
G508, Removal of
Unnecessary Construction
Clauses and Editorial
Changes.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)
Office of Acquisition Policy
Proposed Rule Stage
374. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR); GSAR Case 2015-G512, Unenforceable Commercial Supplier
Agreement Terms
Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
Abstract: GSA is proposing to amended the General Services
Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to streamline the
evaluation process to award contracts containing commercial supplier
agreements Government and industry often spend significant time
negotiating elements common in almost every commercial supplier
agreement where the terms conflict with federal law. Past negotiations
would always lead to deleting the terms from the contract, but only
after several rounds of legal review by both parties. This case would
explore methods for automatically nullifying these common terms out of
contracts.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/00/16
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Janet Fry, Program Analyst, General Services
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703
605-3167, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3090-AJ67
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)
Office of Acquisition Policy
Final Rule Stage
375. 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 amending the
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR), to
implement the Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010 (FSSUA), the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (NAHASDA), the John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (NDAA), and the Local
Preparedness Acquisition Act for Fiscal
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Year 2008 (LPAA), to provide increased access to GSA's Federal Supply
Schedules (Schedules). The Federal Supply Schedule Contracting and
Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, in regard to this
statutory implementation. This case is included in GSA's retrospective
review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional
information is located in GSA's retrospective review (2015), available
at: www.gsa.gov/improvingregulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 04/17/14 79 FR 21691
NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/16/14
Final Rule.......................... 12/00/15
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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
376. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR);
GSAR Case 2013-G504, Transactional Data Reporting
Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a
final rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation (GSAR) to require vendors to report transactional data from
orders and prices paid by ordering activities. This includes orders
placed against both Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract vehicles and
GSA's non-FSS contract vehicles, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts
(GWACs) and Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs).
Once implemented, the new GSAR transactional data reporting clauses
will enable GSA to provide Federal agencies with further market
intelligence and expert guidance in procuring goods and services in
each category of GSA acquisition vehicles. The new requirement will not
affect the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) FSS contract holders.
The proposed amendment to the GSAR will add an alternate version of
the existing GSAR clause 552.238-74 Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting (IFF) (Federal Supply Schedule) and a new GSAR clause
552.216-75 Sales Reporting and Fee Remittance. Under the FSS program,
vendors that agree to the new transactional reporting requirement will
have their contracts modified with an alternate version of clause
552.238-75 Price Reductions; the alternate version of clause 552.238-75
does not require the vendor to monitor and provide price reductions to
the Government when the customer or category of customer upon which the
contract was predicated receives a discount. GSA will implement the new
transactional data reporting requirements in phases, beginning with
specific contract vehicles, including a few select Federal Supply
Schedules, or Special Item Numbers that show the greatest potential to
optimize transactional data via category management and reduced price
variability. GSA will engage stakeholders throughout the phases of the
implementation.
GSA is reviewing the public comments received and analyzing
alternatives for issuing collecting transactional data, including the
potential publication of a final rule.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/04/15 80 FR 11619
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/04/15
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/06/15 80 FR 25994
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/11/15
Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Leah Price, Procurement Analyst, General Services
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703
605-2558, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3090-AJ51
377. General Services Administration Regulation (GSAR); GSAR CASE 2015-
G508, Removal of Unnecessary Construction Clauses and Editorial Changes
Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to revise
GSAR part 536, Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts, and
corresponding provisions and clauses in GSAR part 552, Solicitation
Provisions and Contract Clauses, to remove unnecessary construction
clauses. These provisions and clauses are now covered in the FAR or are
otherwise no longer necessary for the agency. Removing these clauses
simplifies contract terms and conditions, reduces regulatory burden to
contractors, and eliminates any conflict with language contained in
construction contract technical specifications.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 07/30/15 80 FR 45498
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/28/15
Final Rule.......................... 02/00/16
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Christina Mullins, Procurement Analyst, General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405,
Phone: 202 969-4966, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3090-AJ57
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