[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13618-13619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02799]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2024-0051, Sequence No. 1]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2024-03; 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) 2024-03, which amends 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain 
further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2024-03, 
which precedes this document.

DATES: February 23, 2024.

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 
2024-03 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.

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                                           Rules Listed in FAC 2024-03
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                  Item                               Subject                FAR case             Analyst
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* I....................................  Certification of Service-             2022-009  Moore.
                                          Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
                                          Businesses.
II.....................................  Trade Agreements Thresholds...        2023-012  Jackson.
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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 
preceding these item summaries. FAC 2024-03 amends the FAR as follows:

Item I--Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small 
Businesses (FAR Case 2022-009)

    This interim rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation to 
implement the Governmentwide certification requirement for service-
disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns seeking sole-
source and set-aside awards under the SDVOSB Program. Beginning January 
1, 2024, SDVOSB concerns must either be certified by the Small Business 
Administration (SBA), or have both submitted an application for 
certification to SBA on or before December 31, 2023, and represented 
that it is an SDVOSB in the System for Award Management (SAM), in order 
to be eligible for sole-source or set-aside awards under the SDVOSB 
Program. This rule also requires that an SDVOSB concern update its 
status in the System for Award Management no later than two days after 
the date of a final determination that the concern does not meet the 
requirements of the status the concern claims to hold, and provides new 
SDVOSB protest and appeal procedures. The interim rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
because the rule simply implements the requirements of SBA's 
regulations and does not impose any additional compliance burden on 
entities.

Item II--Trade Agreements Thresholds (FAR Case 2023-012)

    This final rule amends the FAR to adjust the thresholds for 
application of the World Trade Organization Government Procurement 
Agreement and the Free Trade Agreements as determined by the United 
States Trade Representative, according to predetermined formulae under 
the agreements.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-02799 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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