[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 94817-94819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29916]



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Vol. 81

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No. 247

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General Services Administration





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Chapters 101, 102, 105, 301, and 304

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 2016 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. Published 
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: September 1, 2016.
 Troy Cribb,
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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395.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ75
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR 2016-G506,
                             Federal Supply Schedule,
                             Order-Level Materials.
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            General Services Administration--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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396.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ67
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015-
                             G512, Unenforceable
                             Commercial Supplier
                             Agreement Terms.
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           General Services Administration--Completed Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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397.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ43
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR Case 2010-
                             G511, Purchasing by Non-
                             Federal Entities.
398.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ51
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-
                             G504, Transactional Data
                             Reporting.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)

Office of Acquisition Policy

Proposed Rule Stage

395.  General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation 
(GSAR); GSAR 2016-G506, Federal Supply Schedule, Order-Level Materials

    Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
    Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is proposing to 
amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) 
to clarify the authority to acquire order-level materials when placing 
a task order or establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) against 
a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract. This proposed rule seeks to 
provide clear and comprehensive implementation of the ability to 
acquire order-level materials through the FSS program to create parity 
between FSS contracts and commercial indefinite-delivery/indefinite-
quantity (IDIQ) contracts, reduce the need to conduct less efficient 
procurement transactions, lower barriers of entry to the federal 
marketplace and make it easier to do business the federal government.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   09/09/16  81 FR 62445
NPRM Comment Period End.............   11/08/16  .......................
Final Rule..........................   05/00/17  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Leah Price, Procurement Analyst, General Services 
Administration, 1800 F Street NW.,

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Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-2558, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ75

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)

Office of Acquisition Policy

Final Rule Stage

396. 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 amending 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................................   05/31/16  81 FR 34302
NPRM Comment Period End.............   08/01/16  .......................
Final Rule..........................   04/00/17  .......................
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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)

Completed Actions

397. 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) amended 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 Year 2008 (LPAA), to provide 
increased access to GSA's Federal Supply Schedules (Schedules). GSA 
also amended 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 (2016), available 
at: www.gsa.gov/improvingregulations.
    Completed:

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               Reason                    Date            FR Cite
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Final Rule..........................   06/06/16  81 FR 36425
Final Rule Effective................   07/06/16  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ43

398. 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) amended the 
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to 
include clauses that require vendors to report transactional data from 
orders placed against certain Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, 
Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), and Governmentwide 
Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts.
    Transactional data refers to the information generated when the 
Government purchases goods or services from a vendor. It includes 
specific details such as descriptions, part numbers, quantities, and 
prices paid for the items purchased. GSA has experimented with 
collecting transactional data through some of its contracts and found 
it instrumental for improving competition, lowering pricing, and 
increasing transparency. Accordingly, GSA will now test these 
principles on a broader base of its contracting programs. This move 
supports the Government's shift towards category management by allowing 
it to centrally analyze what it buys and how much it pays, and thereby 
identify the most efficient solutions, channels, and sources to meet 
its mission critical needs.
    GSA will introduce a new Transactional Data Reporting clause to its 
FSS contracts in phases, beginning with a pilot for select Schedules 
and Special Item Numbers. Participating vendors will no longer be 
subject to the existing requirements for Commercial Sales Practices 
(CSP) disclosures and Price Reductions clause (PRC) basis of award 
monitoring, resulting in a substantial burden reduction. Stakeholders 
have identified the CSP and PRC requirements as some of the most 
burdensome under the Schedules program. These actions represent the 
most significant change to the Schedules program in the past two 
decades. GSA has also created a Transactional Data Reporting clause for 
all new GWACs and Governmentwide IDIQ contracts and may apply the 
clause to any existing contracts in this class that do not contain 
other transactional data requirements.
    In all, the Transactional Data Reporting rule will result in an 
estimated burden reduction of $29 million a year, which consists of a 
projected $15 million a year compliance burden minus the estimated $44 
million a year burden for the CSP and PRC requirements being waived for 
vendors participating in the FSS pilot.
    Completed:

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               Reason                    Date            FR Cite
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Final Rule..........................   06/23/16  81 FR 41103
Final Rule Effective................   06/23/16  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Matthew McFarland, Phone: 202 690-9232, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ51

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