[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 80478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25159]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252

[Docket DARS-2023-0005; Req No. DARS-2024-00010-FR]
RIN 0750-AK35


Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Export-
Controlled Items (DFARS Case 2018-D053)

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: DoD is withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Defense 
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) for the case titled: 
Export-Controlled Items (DFARS Case 2018-D053). The decision not to 
proceed with a final rule has been made because of a change in the 
associated policy requirements for certain contractors to provide 
export authorizations. Accordingly, this proposed rule is withdrawn, 
and the DFARS case is closed.

DATES: The proposed rule published on March 22, 2023, at 88 FR 17357 is 
withdrawn as of November 17, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kimberly Bass, telephone 703-717-
3446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    DoD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on March 22, 
2023, at 88 FR 17357 to amend the DFARS to implement a policy that 
would enable the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to obtain 
export authorizations from certain contractors, specifically, when a 
contract required government quality assurance surveillance oversight 
and had delivery to, or production or performance in, government 
quality assurance countries. The DMCA policy was to require the 
contractor to provide relevant export authorizations (i.e., export 
license exemptions, export license exceptions, export licenses, or 
other approvals) to the cognizant DCMA administrative contracting 
officer along with contact information for the empowered official or 
the export point of contact. Government quality assurance countries 
include the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech 
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, 
Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, 
Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
    The rule is withdrawn pending development of updated policy 
requirements.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252

    Government procurement.

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2023-25159 Filed 11-16-23; 8:45 am]
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