[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

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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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