3676 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

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; 

Introduction 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Summary presentation of final 

rules. 

SUMMARY: This document summarizes 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) in this Federal 

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021–03. A 

companion document, the Small Entity 

Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this 

FAC. 

DATES: For effective dates see the 

separate documents, which follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

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.

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the 

SECG, is available via the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

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. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021– 

03 is issued under the authority of the 

Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of 

General Services, and the Administrator of 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other 

directive material contained in FAC 2021–03 

is effective January 14, 2021 except for Items 

I through IV, which are effective February 16, 

2021. 

Linda W. Neilson, 

Director, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System, Department of Defense. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

William G. Roets, II, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Procurement, National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

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