13950 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket No. FAR–2024–0051, Sequence No. 

1] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2024–03; 

Introduction 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Summary presentation of an 

interim and final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document summarizes 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) in this Federal 

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024–03. A 

companion document, the Small Entity 

Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this 

FAC. 

DATES: For effective dates see the 

separate documents, which follow. 

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the 

SECG, is available at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

RULES LISTED IN FAC 2024–03 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

I .................................. Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses ................................... 2022–009 Moore. 

II ................................. Trade Agreements Thresholds ............................................................................................. 2023–012 Jackson. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments made by these FAR rules, 

refer to the specific item numbers and 

subjects set forth in the documents 

following these summaries. FAC 2024– 

03 amends the FAR as follows: 

Item I—Certification of ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Small 

Businesses (FAR Case 2022–009) 

This interim rule amends the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation to implement 

the Governmentwide certification 

requirement for service-disabled 

veteran-owned small business 

(SDVOSB) concerns seeking sole-source 

and set-aside awards under the SDVOSB 

Program. Beginning January 1, 2024, 

SDVOSB concerns must either be 

certified by the Small Business 

Administration (SBA), or have both 

submitted an application for 

certification to SBA on or before 

December 31, 2023, and represented 

that it is an SDVOSB in the System for 

Award Management (SAM), in order to 

be eligible for sole-source or set-aside 

awards under the SDVOSB Program. 

This rule also requires that an SDVOSB 

concern update its status in the System 

for Award Management no later than 

two days after the date of a final 

determination that the concern does not 

meet the requirements of the status the 

concern claims to hold, and provides 

new SDVOSB protest and appeal 

procedures. The interim rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

because the rule simply implements the 

requirements of SBA’s regulations and 

does not impose any additional 

compliance burden on entities. 

Item II—Trade Agreements Thresholds 

(FAR Case 2023–012) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

adjust the thresholds for application of 

the World Trade Organization 

Government Procurement Agreement 

and the Free Trade Agreements as 

determined by the United States Trade 

Representative, according to 

predetermined formulae under the 

agreements. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024– 

03 is issued under the authority of the 

Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of 

General Services, and the Administrator of 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other 

directive material contained in FAC 2024–03 

is effective February 23, 2024. 

John M. Tenaglia, 

Principal Director, Defense Pricing and 

Contracting, Department of Defense. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Karla Smith Jackson, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02796 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Part 6, 9, 18, 19, and 52 

[FAC 2024–03, FAR Case 2022–009; Item 

I; Docket No. FAR–2022–0009; Sequence 

No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AO46 

Federal Acquisition Regulation: 

Certification of Service-Disabled 

Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 

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 final rules published by 

the Small Business Administration to 

implement sections of the National 

Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal 

Years 2021 and 2022. 

DATES: 

Effective date: February 23, 2024. 

Comment date: Interested parties 

should submit written comments to the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at the 

address shown below on or before April 

23, 2024, to be considered in the 

formation of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FAC 2024–03, FAR Case 


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