15912 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 58 / Thursday, March 26, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 225 and 252 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Technical 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is making technical 

amendments to the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to provide needed editorial 

changes. 

DATES: Effective March 26, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Manuel Quinones, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), Room 

3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Telephone 571–372–6088; facsimile 

571–372–6094. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule amends the DFARS as follows: 

1. Amends section 225.103(b)(iii) to 

remove an obsolete cross reference at 

paragraph (A) and redesignate 

paragraphs (B) and (C) as paragraphs (A) 

and (B), respectively. Amends section 

225.202(a)(2) to remove an obsolete 

cross reference. DFARS case 2013– 

D020, which was published in the 

Federal Register at 79 FR 44314 on July 

31, 2014, removed an outdated list of 

nonavailable articles at section 

225.104(a). However, the cross 

references at 225.103(b)(iii)(A) and 

225.202(a)(2) to the list at 225.104(a) 

were not removed. 

2. Amends DFARS clause 252.245– 

7004, Reporting, Reutilization, and 

Disposal, to update a reference and a 

link to the reference contained in 

paragraph (b)(1)(iv). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 225 and 

252 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Therefore, 48 CFR parts 225 and 252 

are amended as follows: 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

parts 225 and 252 continues to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

PART 225—FOREIGN ACQUISITION 

225.103 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend section 225.103 by— 

■ a. Removing paragraph (b)(iii)(A); and 

■ b. Redesignating paragraphs (b)(iii)(B) 

and (C) as paragraphs (b)(iii)(A) and (B), 

respectively. 

225.202 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend section 225.202 by 

removing ‘‘or in 225.104(a)’’. 

PART 252—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 4. Amend section 252.245–7004 by— 

■ a. Removing the clause date ‘‘(MAY 

2013)’’ and adding ‘‘(MAR 2015)’’ in its 

place; and 

■ b. Revising paragraph (b)(1)(iv). 

The revision reads as follows. 

252.245–7004 Reporting, Reutilization, and 

Disposal. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(iv) Appropriate Federal Condition 

Codes. See Appendix 2 of DLM 

4000.25–2, Military Standard 

Transaction Reporting and Accounting 

Procedures (MILSTRAP) manual, 

edition in effect as of the date of this 

contract. Information on Federal 

Condition Codes can be obtained at 

http://www2.dla.mil/j-6/dlmso/elibrary/

manuals/dlm/dlm_pubs.asp#. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 205, 206, 215, 219, 226, 

232, 235, 252, and Appendix I to 

Chapter 2 

RIN 0750–AH45 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Deletion of 

Text Implementing 10 U.S.C. 2323 

(DFARS Case 2011–D038) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD has adopted as final, 

without change, an interim rule 

amending the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to remove language based on a 

statute that provided the underlying 

authority for DoD’s Small 

Disadvantaged Business (SDB) program. 

This action is necessary because the 

statute has expired. 

DATES: Effective March 26, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Judith S. Rubinstein, telephone 571– 

372–6093. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DoD published an interim rule in the 

Federal Register at 79 FR 61579 on 

October 14, 2014, to delete those DFARS 

sections that were based on 10 U.S.C. 

2323, which has expired. 10 U.S.C. 2323 

provided the underlying statutory 

authority for DoD’s Small 

Disadvantaged Business (SDB) program, 

including the establishment of a specific 

goal within the overall 5 percent SDB 

goal for the award of prime contracts 

and subcontracts to historically black 

colleges and universities (HBCUs) and 

minority institutions (MIs). Because of 

the expiration of this authority, all 

DFARS sections based on this authority 

were deleted by the interim rule. 

II. Discussion and Analysis 

There were no public comments 

submitted in response to the interim 

rule. The interim rule has been 

converted to a final rule, without 

change. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under section 6(b) of 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

A final regulatory flexibility analysis 

has been prepared consistent with the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, 

et seq., and is summarized as follows: 

The objective of this rule is to amend 

the DFARS to remove or revise clauses, 

provisions, and guidance conditioned 

on section 1207 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act of 1987, Public Law 

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