Monday, 

December 20, 2010 

Part XVI 

General Services 

Administration 

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 


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79860 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 243 / Monday, December 20, 2010 / Unified Agenda 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Chs. 101, 102, 105, 300, 301, 

and 302 

48 CFR Chs. 5 and 61 

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. 

SUMMARY: This agenda announces the 

proposed regulatory actions that GSA 

plans for the next 12 months and those 

that were completed since the spring 

2010 edition. This agenda was 

developed under the guidelines of 

Executive Order 12866 ‘‘Regulatory 

Planning and Review.’’ GSA’s purpose 

in publishing this agenda is to allow 

interested persons an opportunity to 

participate in the rulemaking process. 

GSA also invites interested persons to 

recommend existing significant 

regulations for review to determine 

whether they should be modified or 

eliminated. Proposed rules may be 

reviewed in their entirety at the 

Government’s rulemaking website at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Since the fall 2007 edition, the 

Internet has been the basic means for 

disseminating the Unified Agenda. The 

complete Unified Agenda will be 

available online at www.reginfo.gov, in 

a format that offers users a greatly 

enhanced ability to obtain information 

from the Agenda database. 

Because publication in the Federal 

Register is mandated for the regulatory 

flexibility agendas required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

602), GSA’s printed agenda entries 

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. 

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 available 

in the Unified Agenda published on the 

Internet. In addition, for fall editions of 

the Agenda, the entireRegulatory Plan 

will continue to be printed in the 

Federal Register, as in past years, 

including GSA’s regulatory plan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hada Flowers, Supervisor, Regulatory 

Secretariat Branch at (202) 208-7282. 

Dated: September 16, 2010. 

Kathleen M. Turco, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

Dated: September 3, 2010. 

Edward Loeb, 

Director, Acquisition Policy Division. 

Dated: September 8, 2010. 

Sloan W. Farrell, 

Division Director, External Programs, Office 

of Civil Rights. 

Dated: September 8, 2010. 

Chris Giavis, 

Office of Real Property Asset Management. 

General Services Administration—Final Rule Stage 

Sequence 

Number Title 

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number 

461 Cooperative Purchasing—Acquisition of Security and Law Enforcement Related Goods and Services (Schedule 

84) by State and Local Governments Through Federal Supply Schedules ............................................................... 3090–AI68 

General Services Administration—Long-Term Actions 

Sequence 

Number Title 

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number 

462 General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Case 2006-G507, Rewrite of Part 538, Federal 

Supply Schedule Contracting ...................................................................................................................................... 3090–AI77 

General Services Administration—Completed Actions 

Sequence 

Number Title 

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number 

463 General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Case 2005-G501; Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program ............................................................................................................................................................. 3090–AI06 

464 General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Case 2006-G522, Federal Supply Schedule Contracts—Recovery Purchasing by State and Local Governments Through Federal Supply Schedules ...................... 3090–AI32 


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General Services Administration (GSA) Final Rule Stage 

OFFICE OF ACQUISITION POLICY 

461. COOPERATIVE PURCHASING— 

ACQUISITION OF SECURITY AND 

LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED 

GOODS AND SERVICES (SCHEDULE 

84) BY STATE AND LOCAL 

GOVERNMENTS THROUGH FEDERAL 

SUPPLY SCHEDULES 

Legal Authority: 40 USC 121(c); 40 

USC 502(c)(1)(B) 

Abstract: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is amending the 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to 

implement Public Law 110-248, The 

Local Preparedness Acquisition Act. 

The Act authorizes the Administrator 

of General Services to provide for the 

use by State or local governments of 

Federal Supply Schedules of the 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

for alarm and signal systems, facility 

management systems, firefighting and 

rescue equipment, law enforcement and 

security equipment, marine craft and 

related equipment, special purpose 

clothing, and related services (as 

contained in Federal supply 

classification code group 84 or any 

amended or subsequent version of that 

Federal supply classification group). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Interim Final Rule 09/19/08 73 FR 54334 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period 

End 

11/18/08 

Final Rule 03/00/11 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes 

Agency Contact: William Clark, 

Procurement Analyst, General Services 

Administration, 1275 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20417, Washington, 

DC 20405 

Phone: 202 219–1813 

Email: william.clark@gsa.gov 

RIN: 3090–AI68 

General Services Administration (GSA) Long-Term Actions 

OFFICE OF ACQUISITION POLICY 

462. GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION ACQUISITION 

REGULATION; GSAR CASE 

2006–G507, REWRITE OF PART 538, 

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE 

CONTRACTING 

Legal Authority: 40 USC 121(c) 

Abstract: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is amending the 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to 

revise sections of GSAR part 538 that 

provide requirements for Federal 

Supply Schedule Contracting actions. 

This is a significant regulatory action 

and, therefore, was subject to review 

under section 6(b) of Executive Order 

12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. 

This rule is not a major rule under 5 

U.S.C. 804. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM 01/26/09 74 FR 4596 

NPRM Comment 

Period End 

03/27/09 

Final Rule 12/00/11 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes 

Agency Contact: Deborah Lague, 

Procurement Analyst, General Services 

Administration, 1275 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20417, Washington, 

DC 20405 

Phone: 202 694–8149 

Email: deborah.lague@gsa.gov 

RIN: 3090–AI77 

General Services Administration (GSA) Completed Actions 

463. GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION ACQUISITION 

REGULATION; GSAR CASE 

2005–G501; FEDERAL AGENCY 

RETAIL PHARMACY PROGRAM 

Legal Authority: 40 USC 121(c) 

Abstract: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is amending the 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to add 

a new subpart and clause required by 

the Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA), consistent with congressional 

intent under section 603 of the 

Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 

(VHCA) and 38 U.S.C. 8126, that 

certain Federal agencies (i.e., VA, 

Department of Defense (DoD), Public 

Health Service (including the Indian 

Health Service), and the Coast Guard) 

have access to Federal pricing for 

pharmaceuticals purchased for their 

beneficiaries. 

GSA is responsible for the schedules 

program and rules related to its 

operation. Under GSA’s delegation of 

authority, the VA procures medical 

supplies under the VA Federal Supply 

Schedule program. VA and DoD seek 

this amendment. This new subpart 

adds a clause unique to the virtual 

depot system established by a Federal 

Agency Retail Pharmacy Program 

utilizing contracted retail pharmacies as 

part of a centralized pharmaceutical 

commodity management program. At 

this time, only DoD has a program in 

place, and the rule would facilitate 

DoD’s access to Federal pricing on 

Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 

pharmaceutical contracts for covered 

drugs purchased by DoD and dispensed 

to TRICARE beneficiaries through retail 

pharmacies in the TRICARE network. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Withdrawn 09/03/10 


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GSA Completed Actions 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes 

Agency Contact: Clare McFadden 

Phone: 202 501–0044 

Email: clare.mcfadden@gsa.gov 

RIN: 3090–AI06 

464. GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION ACQUISITION 

REGULATION; GSAR CASE 

2006–G522, FEDERAL SUPPLY 

SCHEDULE CONTRACTS— 

RECOVERY PURCHASING BY STATE 

AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 

THROUGH FEDERAL SUPPLY 

SCHEDULES 

Legal Authority: 40 USC 121(c); 40 

USC 502(d) 

Abstract: The rule is amending the 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to 

implement section 833 of the John 

Warner National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub. L. 109- 

364). Section 833 amends 40 U.S.C. 502 

to authorize the Administrator of 

General Services to provide to State 

and local governments the use of 

Federal Supply Schedules of the GSA 

for purchase of products and services 

to be used to facilitate recovery from 

a major disaster declared by the 

President or to facilitate recovery from 

terrorism, or nuclear, biological, 

chemical, or radiological attack. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Withdrawn 09/03/10 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes 

Agency Contact: William Clark 

Phone: 202 219–1813 

Email: william.clark@gsa.gov 

RIN: 3090–AI32 

[FR Doc. 2010–30467 Filed 12–17–10; 8:45 

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BILLING CODE 6820–34–S 


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