[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19847-19848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06627]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR 2019-0001, Sequence No. 1]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2019-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide

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

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.

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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of DoD, GSA, 
and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in 
accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules 
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-02, which amends 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to a 
rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been 
prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information regarding 
these rules by referring to FAC 2019-02, which precedes this document. 
These documents are also available via the internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

DATES: May 6, 2019.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 
2019-02 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status 
or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division 
at 202-501-4755.

                                           Rules Listed in FAC 2019-02
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                 Item                             Subject                FAR Case               Analyst
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I *..................................  Special Emergency Procurement        2017-009  Francis.
                                        Authority.
II...................................  Governmentwide and Other             2018-015  Delgado.
                                        Interagency Contracts.
III..................................  Technical Amendments.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these rules, refer to the 
specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following 
these item summaries. FAC 2019-02 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I--Special Emergency Procurement Authority (FAR Case 2017-009)

    This final rule amends the FAR to implement sections 816 and 1641 
of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). These sections of the NDAA allow for higher 
micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds for acquisitions 
of supplies or services which support international disaster 
assistance, response to an emergency or major disaster, or defense 
against or recovery from a cyber attack.

Item II--Governmentwide and Other Interagency Contracts (FAR Case 2018-
015)

    DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the FAR to 
implement section 875 of the John S. McCain NDAA for FY 2019. This 
section removes the requirement for agencies to make a determination 
that the use of an interagency acquisition represents the best 
procurement approach. This final rule only removes a requirement for 
agencies to make a specific determination prior to utilizing a certain 
contracting method. The removal of this requirement only affects the 
internal operating procedures of the Government and has no impact on 
contractors.

Item III--Technical Amendments

    Editorial changes are made at FAR 1.105-3, 1.201-1, 2.101, 3.103-2, 
3.104-3, 3.301, 3.303, 3.405, 3.501-2, 3.502-1, 3.502-2, 3.8, 3.901, 
3.907-7, subpart 4.1, 4.102, 4.201, 4.202, 4.402, 4.403, 4.404, 4.604, 
4.607, 4.703, 4.801, 4.803, 4.804-1, 4.804-4, 4.804-5, 4.805, 4.1005-2, 
4.1200, subpart 4.15, 4.1801, 5.207, 5.404-1, 5.501, 5.504, 5.601, 
5.705, 6.001, 6.102, 6.202, 6.301, 6.302-1, 6.302-2, 6.302-3, 6.302-5, 
6.303-1, 6.303-2, 6.304, 6.401, 6.501, 7.102, 7.103, 7.105, 7.106, 
7.107-5, 7.202, 7.203, 7.503, 8.005, 8.402, 8.405-6, 8.701, 8.703, 
8.705-2, 8.714, 8.802, 8.1101, 8.1104, 9.102, 9.104-1, 9.104-7, 9.105-
1, 9.107, 9.202, 9.204, 9.305, 9.306, 9.308-1, 9.401, 9.403, 9.406-1, 
9.406-2, 9.406-3, 9.406-4, 9.407-1, 9.407-2, 9.407-3, 9.502, 9.505, 
9.505-1, 9.505-2, 9.505-4, 9.507-1, 9.507-2, 9.508, 9.602, 11.102, 
11.201, 11.604, 16.505, 17.703, 19.702, 22.1008-1, 26.205, 30.102, 
31.101, 31.205-46, 45.602-3, 50.101-1, 52.212-5 and 53.107.

    Dated: March 19, 2019.
William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
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