[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14624-14625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07171]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 511, 516, 532, 538, 546 and 552
[GSAR Amendment 2008-02; GSAR Case 2008-G517; Docket No. 2008-0007;
Sequence No. 02]
RIN 3090-AI68
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Case
2008-G517; Cooperative Purchasing-Acquisition of Security and Law
Enforcement Related Goods and Services (Schedule 84) by State and Local
Governments Through Federal Supply Schedules
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is adopting as
final, without change, an interim rule amending the General Services
Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to implement The Local
Preparedness Acquisition Act of 2008. The Act authorizes the
Administrator of General Services to provide for the use by State or
local governments of Federal Supply Schedules of the GSA safety
equipment and services.
DATES: Effective Date: May 13, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas O'Linn, Procurement
Analyst, at 202-445-0390, for clarification of content. For information
pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory
Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755. Please cite GSAR Case 2008-G517.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
As part of GSA's regulatory reform efforts, GSA has been performing
a comprehensive review of the regulatory requirements in the GSAR. As a
part of these efforts, GSA discovered that a Federal Register
notification had not been published to finalize this interim rule. As a
result, GSA included as part of the Fall edition of the Unified Agenda
of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions in the Federal Register
at 83 FR 58086 on November 16, 2018 its intention to publish a final
rule notification in the Federal Register.
The purpose of this rule is the straightforward implementation of
the statutory authority provided by Public Law 110-248, The Local
Preparedness Acquisition Act to open Schedule 84 or any amended or
subsequent version of that Federal supply classification group
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to cooperative purchasing. GSA exercised this authority effective on
the date of publication of the interim rule. GSA published the interim
rule in the Federal Register at 73 FR 54334, on September 19, 2008.
The interim rule was a straight implementation of the statute. No
public comments were submitted in response to the interim rule. The
program has been operating under the interim rule since 2008 without
concern and with no statutory changes. Therefore, there are no changes
from the interim rule made in the final rule. This action represents
administrative clean-up for purposes of publishing a notification in
the Federal Register of the finalization of this rule.
II. Discussion and Analysis
No public comments were submitted in response to the interim rule.
Therefore, there are no changes from the interim rule made in the final
rule.
III. Executive Order 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O.
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility.
This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is
not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.
IV. Executive Order 13771
This final rule is not subject to E.O. 13771, because this rule is
not a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866.
V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The change may have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.
GSA has prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA)
consistent with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.
The FRFA is summarized as follows:
In order to implement Public Law 110-248, The Local Preparedness
Acquisition Act, GSA is adopting as final the interim rule as laid
out in GSAR Case 2008-G517, which published in the Federal Register
at 73 FR 54334, on September 19, 2008. The Act amends section 502 of
Title 40, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of
General Services to provide for the use by State or local
governments of Federal Supply Schedules of the General Services
Administration (GSA) for alarm and signal systems, facility
management systems, firefighting and rescue equipment, law
enforcement and security equipment, marine craft and related
equipment, special purpose clothing, and related services (as
contained in Federal supply classification code group 84 or any
amended or subsequent version of that Federal supply classification
group). The rule opens the Federal Supply Schedule 84 for use by
other governmental entities to enhance intergovernmental
cooperation. The objective of this rule is to make ``government''
(considering all levels) more efficient by reducing duplication of
effort and utilizing volume purchasing techniques for the
acquisition of law enforcement, security, and certain other related
items.
No public comments were submitted in response to the interim
rule. Therefore, there are no changes from the interim rule made in
the final rule.
Interested parties may obtain a copy of the FRFA from the
Regulatory Secretariat Division. The Regulatory Secretariat Division
has submitted a copy of the FRFA to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of
the Small Business Administration.
VI. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does apply;
however, these changes to the GSAR do not impose additional information
collection requirements to the paperwork burden previously approved
under the Office of Management and Budget Control Number 3090-0250,
titled: Zero Burden Information Collection Reports.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 511, 516, 532, 538, 546, and 552
Government procurement.
Jeffrey Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Change
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Accordingly, the interim rule amending 48 CFR parts 511, 516, 532, 538,
546, and 552, which was published in the Federal Register at 73 FR
54334, on September 19, 2008, is adopted as a final rule without
change.
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