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Buy American—Free Trade 

Agreements—Israeli Trade Act 

Certificate (Feb 2021) 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

Free Trade Agreement Country End 

Products (Other than Bahrainian, 

Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or 

Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End 

Products: 

Line item No. Country of origin 

[List as necessary] 

(c) * * * 

Other Foreign End Products: 

Line item No. Country of origin 

[List as necessary] 

* * * * * 

Alternate II (Feb 2021). * * * 

(b) * * * 

Canadian or Israeli End Products: 

Line item No. Country of origin 

[List as necessary] 

Alternate III (Feb 2021). * * * 

(b) * * * 

Free Trade Agreement Country End 

Products (Other than Bahrainian, 

Korean, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, 

or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End 

Products: 

Line item No. Country of origin 

[List as necessary] 

■ 13. Amend section 52.225–6 by 

revising the date of the provision and 

the undesignated table in paragraph (b) 

to read as follows: 

52.225–6 Trade Agreements Certificate. 

* * * * * 

Trade Agreements Certificate (Feb 

2021) 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

Other End Products: 

Line item No. Country of origin 

[List as necessary] 

* * * * * 

■ 14. Amend section 52.225–9 by 

revising the date of the clause and 

paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows: 

52.225–9 Buy American—Construction 

Materials. 

* * * * * 

Buy American—Construction Materials 

(Feb 2021) 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) This requirement does not apply to 

information technology that is a 

commercial item or to the construction 

materials or components listed by the 

Government as follows: 

llll [Contracting Officer to list 

applicable excepted materials or 

indicate ‘‘none’’] 

* * * * * 

■ 15. Amend section 52.225–13 by— 

■ a. Revising the date of clause; and 

■ b. Removing from paragraph (b) 

‘‘http://www.treas.gov/offices/ 

enforcement/ofac/sdn’’ and ‘‘http://

www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ 

ofac’’ and adding ‘‘https://

home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ 

financial-sanctions/speciallydesignated-nationals-and-blockedpersons-list-sdn-human-readable-lists’’ 

and ‘‘https://home.treasury.gov/policyissues/office-of-foreign-assets-controlsanctions-programs-and-information’’ 

in their places, respectively. 

The revision reads as follows: 

52.225–13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign 

Purchases. 

* * * * * 

Restrictions on Certain Foreign 

Purchases (Feb 2021) 

* * * * * 

■ 16. Amend section 52.229–12 by— 

■ a. Revising the date of clause; and 

■ b. Removing from paragraph (d) 

‘‘3ontractor must identify’’ and adding 

‘‘the Contractor must identify’’ in its 

place. 

The revision reads as follows: 

52.229–12 Tax on Certain Foreign 

Procurements. 

* * * * * 

Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements 

(Feb 2021) 

* * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket No. FAR–2020–0051, Sequence No. 

8] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2021–03; 

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. 

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) 

2021–03, which amends the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR). 

Interested parties may obtain further 

information regarding these rules by 

referring to FAC 2021–03, which 

precedes this document. 

DATES: January 14, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the 

SECG, is available via the internet 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 2021–03 and the 

FAR Case number. For information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules, contact the Regulatory 

Secretariat Division at 202–501–4755 or 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. An asterisk (*) 

next to a rule indicates that a regulatory 

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RULES LISTED IN FAC 2021–03 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

* I ....................... Violations of Arms Control Treaties or Agreements with the United States ........................... 2017–018 Jackson. 

* II ...................... Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process ........................................... 2018–016 Jackson. 

* III ..................... Individual Sureties .................................................................................................................... 2017–003 Delgado. 

IV ....................... Technical Amendments.

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 

2021–03 amends the FAR as follows: 

Item I—Violations of Arms Control 

Treaties or Agreements With the United 

States (FAR Case 2017–018) 

This final rule adopts as final with 

changes, an interim rule published on 

June 15, 2018. The interim rule 

amended the FAR to implement 22 

U.S.C. 2593e, as added by section 1290 

of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114– 

328). The final rule makes technical 

edits clarifying the suspension and 

debarment remedies for determination 

of a false certification pursuant to 22 

U.S.C. 2593e, and other minor edits. 

Item II—Lowest Price Technically 

Acceptable Source Selection Process 

(FAR Case 2018–016) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

implement section 880 of the John S. 

McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019. Specifically, 

this rule amends: (1) FAR part 15 to 

specify the criteria that must be met in 

order to include lowest price technically 

acceptable (LPTA) source selection 

criteria in a solicitation, and require 

solicitations predominantly for the 

acquisition of certain services and 

supplies to avoid the use of LPTA 

source selection criteria, to the 

maximum extent practicable; and (2) 

FAR parts 12, 13, 16, and 37 to point to 

the text in FAR part 15, as applicable. 

Item III—Individual Sureties (FAR 

Case 2017–003) 

This final rule changes the kind of 

assets that an individual surety must 

pledge as security for an individual 

surety bond. A pledge of assets must 

consist only of eligible obligations, i.e., 

public debt obligations of the United 

States Government. The rule 

implements section 874 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114–92), codified at 

31 U.S.C. 9310, Individual Sureties. 

This final rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Item IV—Technical Amendments 

Editorial changes are made at FAR 

2.101, 15.209, 17.502–1, 37.103, 52.212– 

3, 52.212–5, 52.213–4, 52.222–18, 

52.223–3, 52.225–2, 52.225–4, 52.225–6, 

52,225–9, 52.225–13, and 52.229–12. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

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