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232.7202 Solicitation provision. 

Use the provision at 252.232–7014, 

Notification of Payment in Local 

Currency (Afghanistan), in all 

solicitations, including solicitations 

using FAR part 12 procedures for the 

acquisition of commercial items, for 

performance in Afghanistan. 

PART 252—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 5. Add section 252.232–7014 to read 

as follows: 

252.232–7014 Notification of Payment in 

Local Currency (Afghanistan). 

As prescribed in 232.7202, use the 

following provision: 

NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT IN 

LOCAL CURRENCY (AFGHANISTAN) 

(SEP 2014) 

(a) The contract resulting from this 

solicitation will be paid in Afghani (local 

currency) if the contract is awarded to a host 

nation vendor (Afghan), pursuant to the 

authority of USCENTCOM Fragmentary 

Order (FRAGO) 09–1567 and FRAGO 10– 

143. Contract payment will be made in 

Afghani (local currency) via electronic funds 

transfer (EFT) to a local (Afghan) banking 

institution, unless an exception in paragraph 

(c) applies. Contracts shall not be awarded to 

host nation vendors who do not bank locally. 

If award is made to other than a host nation 

vendor, the contract will be awarded in U.S. 

dollars. 

(b) Vendors shall submit quotations and 

offers in U.S. dollars. If the contract is 

awarded to an Afghan vendor, the quotation 

or offer will be converted to Afghani using 

a Government budget rate of [Insert current 

budget rate here.] Afghani per U.S. dollar. 

(c) By exception, the following forms of 

payment are acceptable, in the following 

order of priority, when the local finance 

office determines that EFT using ITS.gov is 

not available: 

(1) EFT using Limited Depository Account 

(LDA). 

(2) Check from the local finance office 

LDA. 

(3) Local currency cash payments in 

Afghani (must be approved in writing by the 

local finance office and contracting office 

prior to contract award). Payments in cash 

are restricted to contracts when— 

(i) The vendor provides proof via a letter 

from the host nation banking institution that 

it is not EFT capable; and 

(ii) The local finance office validates that 

the vendor’s banking institution is not EFT 

capable. Cash payments will be made in 

Afghani. 

(End of provision) 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Part 217 

RIN 0750–AI35 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Contract 

Period for Task and Delivery Order 

Contracts—Deletion of Congressional 

Reporting Requirement (DFARS Case 

2014–D018) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule 

amending the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to delete an obsolete 

congressional reporting requirement. 

DATES: Effective September 30, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janetta Brewer, telephone 571–372– 

6104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On December 9, 2005, the DFARS was 

amended to implement section 813 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2005 (Pub. L. 108–375), 

which required the Secretary of Defense 

to submit to Congress a report setting 

forth when an ordering period of a task 

or delivery order contract awarded 

pursuant to section 2304(a) of title 10, 

United States Code, was extended 

beyond ten years. The reporting 

requirement applied to fiscal years 2005 

through 2009. 

II. Publication of This Final Rule for 

Public Comment Is Not Required by 

Statute 

‘‘Publication of proposed 

regulations’’, 41 U.S.C. 1707, is the 

statute which applies to the publication 

of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

Paragraph (a)(1) of the statute requires 

that a procurement policy, regulation, 

procedure or form (including an 

amendment or modification thereof) 

must be published for public comment 

if it relates to the expenditure of 

appropriated funds, and has either a 

significant effect beyond the internal 

operating procedures of the agency 

issuing the policy, regulation, procedure 

or form, or has a significant cost or 

administrative impact on contractors or 

offerors. This final rule is not required 

to be published for public comment, 

because it deletes an obsolete 

congressional reporting requirement 

imposed on DoD. These requirements 

affect only the internal operating 

procedures of the Government. 

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 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act does 

not apply to this rule because this final 

rule does not constitute a significant 

DFARS revision within the meaning of 

FAR 1.501–1, and 41 U.S.C. 1707 does 

not require publication for public 

comment. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The rule does not contain any 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 217 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Therefore, 48 CFR part 217 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 217—SPECIAL CONTRACTING 

METHODS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 217 continues to read as follows: 

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

chapter 1. 

217.204 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend section 217.204 by 

removing paragraph (e)(ii) and 

redesignating paragraphs (e)(iii) and (iv) 

as paragraphs (e)(ii) and (iii), 

respectively. 

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