[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2024)]
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[Pages 66796-66797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16449]



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Vol. 89

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No. 159

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 Department of Defense





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

32 CFR Chs. I, V, VI, and VII

33 CFR Ch. II

36 CFR Ch. III

48 CFR Ch. II


Improving Government Regulations; Unified Agenda of Federal 
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.

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SUMMARY: This agenda announces the regulatory actions the Department of 
Defense (DoD) plans to take in the next 12 months and those regulatory 
actions completed since the publication of the Fall 2023 Unified 
Agenda. It was developed under the guidelines of Executive Order 12866, 
``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' as amended by Executive Order 
14094, ``Modernizing Regulatory Review'' and Executive Order 13563, 
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' This agenda includes 
regulatory actions that support the Administration's regulatory 
priorities, the Secretary of Defense's top priorities to defend the 
Nation, take care of our people, and succeed through teamwork, as well 
as those priorities of the National Defense Strategy. These actions 
include efforts to promote the country's economic resilience; address 
healthcare issues; support underserved communities and improve small 
business opportunities; promote competition in the American economy; 
address issues impacting the Federal workforce; support national 
security efforts, especially safeguarding Federal Government 
information and information technology systems; support the climate 
change emergency; and address issues impacting military families. 
Members of the public may submit comments on individual proposed and 
interim final rulemakings at www.regulations.gov during the comment 
period that follows publication in the Federal Register.
    This agenda updates the report published on February 9, 2024, and 
includes regulations expected to be issued and under review over the 
next 12 months. The next agenda will publish in the fall of 2024.
    The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at 
www.reginfo.gov.
    In accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), 
which requires agencies to publish its regulatory flexibility agendas 
in the Federal Register, the Department of Defense's printed agenda 
entries in the Federal Register include only:
    (1) rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, 
in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are 
likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities; and
    (2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review 
under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    Although printing of these entries is limited to fields that 
contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's agenda 
requirements, additional information on these entries is in the Unified 
Agenda available online.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the overall 
DoD regulatory program and for general semiannual agenda information, 
contact Ms. Patricia Toppings, telephone 571-372-0485, or write to 
Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil 
Liberties, and Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 1155 Defense 
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155, or email: 
[email protected].
    For questions of a legal nature concerning the agenda and its 
statutory requirements or obligations, write to Office of the General 
Counsel, 1600 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1600, telephone 
703-695-1853, or email: [email protected].
    For general information on Office of the Secretary regulations, 
other than those which are procurement-related, contact Ms. Patricia 
Toppings, telephone 571-372-0485, or write to Office of the Assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 
Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-1155, or email: [email protected].
    For general information on Office of the Secretary regulations 
which are procurement-related, contact Ms. Jennifer Johnson, telephone 
571-372-6100, or write to Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Defense 
Acquisition Regulations System, Room 3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-3060, or email: [email protected].
    For general information on Department of the Army regulations, 
contact Mr. James ``Jay'' Satterwhite, telephone 571-515-0304, or write 
to the U.S. Army Records Management and Declassification Agency, ATTN: 
AAHS-RDO, Building 1458, 9301 Chapek Road, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5605, 
or email: [email protected].
    For general information on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
regulations, contact Mr. Elliott Carman, telephone 703-300-2899, or 
write to Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), 
108 Army Pentagon, Room 3E441, Washington, DC 20310-0108, or email: 
[email protected].
    For general information on Department of the Navy regulations, 
contact LCDR Jessica Koningisor, telephone 703-614-7408, or write to 
Department of the Navy, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 
Administrative Law Division (Code 13), Washington Navy Yard, 1322 
Patterson Avenue SE, Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20374-5066, or email: 
jessica.e.koningisor.mil@us.navy.mil">jessica.e.koningisor.mil@us.navy.mil.
    For general information on Department of the Air Force regulations, 
contact Mr. Robert Bivins, telephone 703-693-7302, or write the Office 
of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief, Information Dominance/Chief 
Information Officer (SAF CIO/A6), 1800 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, 
DC 20330-1800, or email: [email protected].
    For specific agenda items, contact the appropriate individual 
indicated for each regulatory action.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This edition of the Unified Agenda of 
Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions reports on actions planned 
by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment for procurement-related actions, and the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers.
    This agenda also identifies rules impacted by the:
    a. Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    b. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    c. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
    Generally, rules discussed in this agenda will contain five 
sections: (1) pre-rule stage; (2) proposed rule stage; (3) final rule 
stage; (4) completed actions; and (5) long-term actions. Where certain 
regulatory actions indicate that small entities are affected, the 
effect on these entities may not necessarily have significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of these entities as defined in the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601(6)).
    The publishing of this agenda does not waive the applicability of 
the military affairs exemption in section 553

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of title 5 U.S.C. and section 3 of Executive Order 12866.

Joo Y. Chung,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 
Transparency, Department of Defense.

                Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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57........................  Cybersecurity Maturity             0790-AL49
                             Model Certification
                             (CMMC) Program.
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      Defense Acquisition Regulations Council--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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58........................  Assessing Contractor               0750-AK81
                             Implementation of
                             Cybersecurity
                             Requirements (DFARS Case
                             2019-D041).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)

Office of the Secretary (OS)

Final Rule Stage

57. Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program [0790-
AL49]

    Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1648
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) is l finalizing 
requirements o ensure defense contractors and subcontractors have, as 
part of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program, 
implemented required security measures for Federal Contract Information 
(FCI) and add new Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) security 
requirements for certain priority programs.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   12/26/23  88 FR 89058
NPRM Comment Period End.............   02/26/24  .......................
Final Action........................   11/00/24  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Diane L. Knight, Senior Management and Program 
Analyst, Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Suite 12E08, Alexandria, VA 22350, Phone: 202 770-9100, 
Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 0790-AL49

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)

Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (DARC)

Proposed Rule Stage

58. Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements 
(DFARS Case 2019-D041) [0750-AK81]

    Legal Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303; Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1648
    Abstract: DoD is amending an interim rule to implement the CMMC 
framework 2.0 in order to protect against the theft of intellectual 
property and sensitive information from the Defense Industrial Base 
(DIB) sector. The CMMC framework, as defined in Title 32 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR), assesses compliance with applicable 
information security requirements. This rule provides the Department 
with assurances that a DIB contractor can adequately protect sensitive 
unclassified information at a level commensurate with the risk, 
accounting for information flow down to its subcontractors in a multi-
tier supply chain.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Interim Final Rule..................   09/29/20  85 FR 48513
Interim Final Rule Effective........   11/30/20  .......................
NPRM................................   08/00/24  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Jennifer D. Johnson, Office of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of Defense, 
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council, Defense Pricing and 
Contracting, Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Room 3B938, 3060 
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3060, Phone: 703 717-8226, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 0750-AK81

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