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as those terms are defined at § 358.3(l); 

and 

(2) With respect to an electric 

Transmission Provider, engages in 

marketing, sales or brokering activities 

as those terms are defined at § 358.3(e). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 215, 225, and 253 

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 update references within the 

DFARS text. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Michele Peterson, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), IMD 3C132, 

3062 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3062. Telephone (703) 602–0311; 

facsimile (703) 602–0350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule amends DFARS text as follows: 

• Sections 215.404–71–3 and 

215.404–71–4. Removes obsolete crossreferences, and adds a reference to the 

TreasuryDirect Web site for interest rate 

information. 

• Section 225.7014. Updates a crossreference. 

• Section 225.7401. Updates the 

section to provide a more specific 

description of the Procedures, 

Guidance, and Information (PGI) text 

referenced in paragraph (a). 

• Part 253. Adds a reference to the 

DoD Forms Management Program Web 

site. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 215, 

225, and 253 

Government procurement. 

Michele P. Peterson, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

■ Therefore, 48 CFR parts 215, 225, and 

253 are amended as follows: 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

parts 215, 225, and 253 continues to 

read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR 

Chapter 1. 

PART 215—CONTRACTING BY 

NEGOTIATION 

215.404–71–3 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 215.404–71–3 is amended 

in paragraph (b)(7), in the first sentence, 

by removing ‘‘(see 230.7101–1(a))’’ and 

adding in its place ‘‘(see http:// 

www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/rates/tcir/ 

tcir_opdirsemi.htm)’’. 

215.404–71–4 [Amended] 

■ 3. Section 215.404–71–4 is amended 

in paragraph (e)(2) by removing ‘‘(see 

230.7001)’’. 

PART 225—FOREIGN ACQUISITION 

225.7014 [Amended] 

■ 4. Section 225.7014 is amended by 

removing ‘‘236.274(a)’’ and adding in its 

place ‘‘236.273(a)’’. 

■ 5. Section 225.7401 is amended by 

revising the section heading and 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

225.7401 Contracts requiring performance 

or delivery in a foreign country. 

(a) If an acquisition requires 

performance of work in a foreign 

country by contractor personnel other 

than host country personnel, or delivery 

of items to a Unified Combatant 

Command designated operational area, 

follow the procedures at PGI 

225.7401(a). 

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PART 253—FORMS 

■ 6. Subpart 253.3 is added to read as 

follows: 

Subpart 253.3—Illustration of Forms 

253.303 Agency forms. 

DoD forms are available at http:// 

www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/ 

forms/formsprogram.htm. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 225 and 252 

RIN 0750–AF34 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Prohibition on 

Acquisition from Communist Chinese 

Military Companies (DFARS Case 

2006–D007) 

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 implement Section 1211 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2006. Section 1211 

prohibits DoD from acquiring United 

States Munitions List items from 

Communist Chinese military 

companies. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Williams, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), IMD 3C132, 

3062 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3062. Telephone (703) 602–0328; 

facsimile (703) 602–0350. Please cite 

DFARS Case 2006–D007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

DoD published an interim rule at 71 

FR 53045 on September 8, 2006, to 

implement Section 1211 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163). 

Section 1211 prohibits DoD from 

acquiring goods or services, through a 

contract or a subcontract with a 

Communist Chinese military company, 

if the goods or services being acquired 

are on the munitions list of the 

International Trafficking in Arms 

Regulations (the United States 

Munitions List (USML) at 22 CFR Part 

121). 

One source submitted comments on 

the interim rule. That source 

recommended addition of an exception 

to the policy that, before issuance of a 

solicitation, the requirements activity 

must notify the contracting officer 

whether the items to be acquired are on 

the USML. The exception would apply 

to items that include critical military 

technology, since those items are 

already subject to controls that limit 


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