Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 5 / Wednesday, January 8, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 1057

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

RIN 1076–AD84

25 CFR Part 151

Land Acquisitions

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY: This document corrects a

section title in the regulation at 25 CFR

part 151 governing land acquisitions by

an Indian individual or tribe. The

correction eliminates the word

‘‘nongaming’’ from the title. It is being

published to prevent possible confusion

over the applicability of the rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Indian

Gaming Management Staff, Office of the

Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Room 2070, Main Interior Building,

1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C.

20240, Telephone No. (202) 219–4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On Friday, June 23, 1995, the Bureau

of Indian Affairs published a final rule

on Land Acquisitions, at 60 FR 32874.

This rule was amended on September

21, 1995, at 60 FR 48894. The rule

created a new section which contained

additional criteria and requirements

used by the Secretary in evaluating

requests for the acquisition of lands by

the United States in trust for Federally

recognized Indian tribes when lands are

outside and noncontiguous to the tribe’s

existing reservation boundaries.

Need for Correction

As published, the final rule contains

an error that may prove to be misleading

and is in need of clarification. The word

‘‘(nongaming)’’ was mistakenly included

in the title of § 115.11 and was not

removed when a correction was

published on September 21, 1995. The

provisions of § 151.11 cover gaming

acquisitions, and it was always the

intent of the Secretary to evaluate offreservation gaming acquisitions under

the § 151.11 criteria. Therefore this

correction is necessary to effect

Secretarial intent and remove the word

‘‘(nongaming)’’ from the title of § 151.11.

List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 151

Indians—Lands.

Accordingly, 25 CFR part 151 is

corrected by making the following

correcting amendment:

PART 151—LAND ACQUISITIONS

§ 151.11 Off-reservation acquisitions.

1. In § 151.11, revise the section

heading to read as set forth above.

Dated: December 26, 1996.

Elizabeth L. Homer,

Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–246 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 101–20

[FPMR Amendment D–95]

RIN 3090–AG00

Small Purchase Authority

AGENCY: General Services

Administration.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This General Services

Administration (GSA) final rule revises

the regulations regarding the delegation

of authority to occupant agencies to

contract for reimbursable space

alterations. The present FPMR

provisions stated in 101–20.106–1 cite a

project accomplishment threshold of

$25,000. This threshold was established

based on the small purchase authority

in place at the time of the original

publication of this provision.

Since the purpose of this FPMR

provision is to provide occupant

agencies choices in their use of a service

provider, it is recommended that the

Simplified Acquisition Procurement

threshold be used. Rather than establish

an authority at a selected value, the

reference should be changed to link it to

the Federal Acquisition Streamlining

Act of 1994. Therefore, if the value of

the statute changes, the FPMR would

not require a change. The present

Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)

authority is $100,000 for GSA

procurement activities.

Modifying the FPMR provisions to tie

to the SAT authority gives occupants

increased flexibility in accomplishing

alteration tasks and fully delegates the

authority to do the work.

No other changes are required.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey Neely, Director, Portfolio

Support Division, PMX, (202) 501–1464.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

General Services Administration (GSA)

has determined that this rule is not a

significant regulatory action for the

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the revisions do not

impose recordkeeping or information

collection requirements, or collections

of information from offerors,

contractors, or members of the public

which require the approval of the Office

of Management and Budget under 44

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

This rule is not required to be

published in the Federal Register for

notice and comment; therefore, the

Regulatory Flexibility Act does not

apply.

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 101–20

Concessions, Federal buildings and

facilities, Government property

management.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 41 CFR part 101–20 is

amended as follows:

PART 101–20—MANAGEMENT OF

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

1. The authority citation for part 101–

20 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40

U.S.C. 486(c).

Subpart 101–20.1—Building

Operations, Maintenance, Protection,

and Alterations

2. Section 101–20.106–1 is amended

by revising paragraphs (b), (c) and (e) to

read as follows:

§ 101–20.106–1 Placing of orders for

reimbursable alterations by occupant

agencies.

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(b) No individual order, or

combinations of orders for a single

alteration project, shall exceed the

simplified acquisition threshold, as

defined in 41 U.S.C. 252a, and agencies

shall not split orders so as to circumvent

this limitation.

(c) For all orders placed against GSA

contracts or agreements, agency

ordering officials shall obtain prior

written project review by GSA and

provide a copy of the ordering

document and final payment document

to the GSA buildings manager. Agencies

are responsible for inspecting and

certifying satisfactory completion of the

work, and for ensuring contractor

compliance with contract provisions.

The final payment document shall be

supported by GSA Form 1142, Release

of Claims; GSA Form 2419, Certification

of Payments to Subcontractors and

Supplies; and certification that the work

has been inspected and accepted.

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(e) Where no GSA contracts or

agreements are in effect, an agency may