13952 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket FAR 2012–0080, Sequence 2] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–57; 

Introduction 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Summary presentation of an 

interim rule. 

SUMMARY: This document summarizes 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) in this Federal 

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005–57. A 

companion document, the Small Entity 

Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this 

FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is 

available via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: For effective date and comment 

date see separate document, which 

follows. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. 

Please cite FAC 2005–57 and the 

specific FAR case number. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedule, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. 

LIST OF RULE IN FAC 2005–57 

Subject FAR case Analyst 

United States-Korea 

Free Trade Agreement (Interim) ........ 2012–004 Erwin 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

Summary for the FAR rule follows. For 

the actual revisions and/or amendments 

made by this FAR case, refer to FAR 

Case 2012–004. 

FAC 2005–57 amends the FAR as 

specified below: 

United States-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement (FAR Case 2012–004) 

(Interim) 

This interim rule implements the 

United States-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement (see the United States-Korea 

Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act (Pub. L. 112–41) (19 U.S.C. 3805 

note)). 

The Republic of Korea is already party 

to the World Trade Organization 

Government Procurement Agreement 

(WTO GPA). This Free Trade Agreement 

now covers acquisition of supplies and 

services between $100,000 and the 

current WTO GPA threshold of 

$202,000. This interim rule is not 

expected to have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

Laura Auletta, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005– 

57 is issued under the authority of the 

Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of 

General Services, and the Administrator for 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other 

directive material contained in FAC 2005–57 

is effective March 15, 2012. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

Richard Ginman, 

Director, Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

Mindy S. Connolly, 

Chief Acquisition Officer, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

William P. McNally, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5525 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 4, 25, and 52 

[FAC 2005–57; FAR Case 2012–004; Docket 

2012–0004, Sequence 1] 

RIN 9000–AM18 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; United 

States-Korea Free Trade Agreement 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Interim rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

issuing an interim rule amending the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to 

implement the United States-Korea Free 

Trade Agreement. The Republic of 

Korea is already party to the World 

Trade Organization Government 

Procurement Agreement, but this trade 

agreement implements a lower 

procurement threshold. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 15, 2012. 

Comment Date: Interested parties 

should submit written comments to the 

Regulatory Secretariat on or before May 

7, 2012 to be considered in the 

formulation of a final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by FAC 2005–57, FAR Case 

2012–004, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

inputting ‘‘FAR Case 2012–004’’ under 

the heading ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and 

selecting ‘‘Search.’’ Select the link 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds 

with ‘‘FAR Case 2012–004.’’ Follow the 

instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a 

Comment’’ screen. Please include your 

name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘FAR Case 2012–004’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), ATTN: Hada Flowers, 1275 

First Street NE., 7th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20417. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite FAC 2005–57, FAR Case 

2012–004, in all correspondence related 

to this case. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Deborah Erwin, Attorney-Advisor in the 

Office of Governmentwide Policy, at 

202–501–2164 for clarification of 

content. For information pertaining to 

status or publication schedules, contact 

the Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501– 

4755. Please cite FAC 2005–57, FAR 

Case 2012–004. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

This interim rule amends FAR part 25 

and the corresponding provisions and 

clauses in part 52 to implement the 

United States-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement (see the United States-Korea 

Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act (Pub. L. 112–41) (19 U.S.C. 3805 

note)). 


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