[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24844-24845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08579]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2022-0051, Sequence No. 3]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2022-06; 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 (SECG).

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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)

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2022-06, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). 
Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules 
by referring to FAC 2022-06, which precedes this document.

DATES: April 26, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 
2022-06 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status 
or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division 
at 202-501-4755 or [email protected]. An asterisk (*) next to a rule 
indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared.

                                           Rules Listed in FAC 2022-06
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               Item                             Subject                  FAR case               Analyst
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* I..............................  Applicability of Small Business          2016-002  Uddowla.
                                    Regulations Outside the United
                                    States.
II...............................  Technical Amendments.............  ..............  ..........................
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR rules, refer to 
the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents 
following these item summaries. FAC 2022-06 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I--Applicability of Small Business Regulations Outside the United 
States (FAR Case 2016-002)

    This final rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to 
give agencies the tools they need, especially the ability to use set-
asides, to maximize opportunities for small businesses outside the 
United States or its outlying areas, as defined in FAR part 2. Prior to 
this rule, the FAR stated that the small business programs do not apply 
outside of the United States (FAR 19.000(b)). This rule supports the 
Small Business Administration (SBA) policy of including overseas 
contracts in agency small business contracting goals.

Item II--Technical Amendments

    Editorial changes are made at FAR 4.402, 4.1103, 12.302, 12.402, 
15.601, 18.205, 46.102, 52.212-5, and 52.222-54.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-08579 Filed 4-25-22; 8:45 am]
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