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Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Parts 38 and 39 

RIN 2900–AR82 

Outer Burial Receptacles 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is revising its regulation 

that governs the outer burial receptacle 

(OBR) monetary allowance for burials in 

a VA national cemetery when a 

privately purchased OBR is used in lieu 

of a Government-furnished graveliner. 

First, VA is expanding applicability of 

the monetary allowance to burials in VA 

grant-funded State and Tribal 

cemeteries when a privately purchased 

OBR was used, or where an OBR is 

placed at the time of interment, at the 

cost of the State or Tribal organization. 

Second, VA is adding a provision to 

reimburse States and Tribal 

organizations for OBRs that are preplaced as part of a new construction or 

expansion grant project. In addition, VA 

is making minor conforming revisions to 

its regulations governing aid for the 

establishment, expansion, and 

improvement of veterans cemeteries to 

clarify that VA will reimburse the cost 

of pre-placed OBRs separately from the 

grant award. These changes implement 

new authorities provided in the Johnny 

Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans 

Health Care and Benefits Improvement 

Act of 2020. VA also is removing 

retroactive provisions no longer needed 

because the relevant time period has 

passed. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Myers, Management and 

Program Analyst, Policy and Regulatory 

Service, National Cemetery 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: 

(720) 607–0364. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 6, 2024, VA published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register at 

89 FR 8126 that proposed revisions to 

38 CFR 38.629 to include provision of 

OBRs for gravesites in State or Tribal 

organization cemeteries funded through 

VA grants. The proposed rule also 

proposed revisions to 38 CFR 39.50 to 

clarify that VA would reimburse the 

cost of pre-placed OBRs separately from 

the grant award and revisions to 38 CFR 

39.122 to establish that a State or Tribal 

organization that seeks payment in the 

form of reimbursement or monetary 

allowance for OBRs under § 38.629 

would be subject to related inspections, 

audits, and reporting. The public 

comment period ended on April 8, 

2024, and VA received no comments in 

response to the proposed rule. 

During the final rule drafting process, 

VA noted an unintended outcome based 

on the proposed language of 

§ 38.629(e)(2), which we have addressed 

in this final rule. In the proposed rule, 

the monetary allowance for OBRs 

placed at the time of interment would 

have only been payable if a State or 

Tribal organization submitted a request 

for payment within 1 year of interment. 

However, with the time that has elapsed 

while developing this rulemaking, the 1- 

year limitation on filing requests for 

payment would have created an 

unintended barrier to awarding the 

benefit from the earliest date authorized 

by statute, January 5, 2023. This 

provision would have unintentionally 

prohibited the payment of the allowance 

for burials that occurred more than 1 

year prior to the final rule becoming 

effective. To ensure that the payment of 

the monetary allowance for OBRs 

placed at the time of interment is 

payable for all eligible burials, VA has 

revised the provision to read: ‘‘Requests 

for payment under this section for 

burials that occur from January 5, 2023, 

through December 31, 2024, must be 

submitted by December 31, 2025. 

Requests for payment under this section 

for burials that occur on or after January 

1, 2025, must be submitted within 1 

year of interment.’’ This change 

accommodates the lag in publishing this 

rulemaking and ensures VA can provide 

payment for claims that could not be 

submitted until such time as this final 

rule becomes effective. 

VA has also made technical changes 

to note the heading change to 

§ 38.629(c) in the amendatory 

instructions, which was inadvertently 

omitted in the proposed rule, and to 

conform to cross-reference conventions. 

We added the phrase ‘‘of this chapter’’ 

after cross-references to other regulatory 

sections in §§ 38.629(h), 39.50(e), and 

39.122(a). 

Because no comments were received 

during the public comment period, VA 

made no changes to the proposed 

regulatory text besides the technical 

changes described here. 

Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 

14094 

Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory 

Planning and Review) directs agencies 

to assess the costs and benefits of 

available regulatory alternatives and, 

when regulation is necessary, to select 

regulatory approaches that maximize 

net benefits (including potential 

economic, environmental, public health 

and safety effects, and other advantages; 

distributive impacts; and equity). 

Executive Order 13563 (Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review) 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, 

reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and 

promoting flexibility. Executive Order 

14094 (Modernizing Regulatory Review) 

supplements and reaffirms the 

principles, structures, and definitions 

governing contemporary regulatory 

review established in Executive Orders 

12866 and 13563. The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs has 

determined that this rulemaking is not 

a significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866, as amended by 

Executive Order 14094. The Regulatory 

Impact Analysis associated with this 

rulemaking can be found as a 

supporting document at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Secretary hereby certifies that 

this final rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities as they are 

defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612). This final rule will 

generally be small business neutral as it 

applies only to State and Tribal entities 

that have received a grant for a cemetery 

under 38 U.S.C. 2408. The Secretary 

acknowledges that some Tribal 

governments may be considered small 

entities; however, the economic impact 

would be entirely beneficial. This final 

rule will impose no mandatory 

requirements or costs on Tribal 

governments as a whole and will only 

affect those that are recipients of 

veterans cemetery grants. To the extent 

that small entities are affected, the 

impact of this final rule will be entirely 

beneficial as it will provide 

reimbursement for costs of OBRs 

associated with casketed burials in 

grant-funded cemeteries. Therefore, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), the initial 

and final regulatory flexibility analysis 


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requirements of 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604 do 

not apply. 

Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and Tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

1 year. This final rule will have no such 

effect on State, local, and Tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule includes a provision 

constituting a new collection of 

information under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3521). The new collection of 

information requires approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and the assignment of an OMB 

Control Number. Accordingly, under 44 

U.S.C. 3507(d), VA submitted a copy of 

this rulemaking to OMB for review and 

approval. VA received no comments on 

the new collection of information. 

An OMB Control Number of 2900– 

0941 has been assigned to the new 

collection of information associated 

with this final rule. Assignment of this 

OMB control number is not an approval 

to conduct or sponsor an information 

collection under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. In accordance 

with 5 CFR part 1320, the new 

collection of information associated 

with this rulemaking is not approved by 

OMB at this time. OMB’s approval of 

the new collection of information will 

occur within 30 days after the final 

rulemaking publishes. If OMB does not 

approve the new collection of 

information as requested, VA will 

immediately remove the provision 

containing a new collection of 

information or take such other action as 

is directed by OMB. 

The new collection of information 

associated with this rulemaking 

contained in 38 CFR 38.629 is described 

immediately following this paragraph. 

Title: Request for Payment of 

Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial 

Receptacles. 

OMB Control No.: 2900–0941. 

CFR Provision: 38 CFR 38.629. 

• Summary of collection of 

information: The new collection of 

information in revised 38 CFR 38.629 

will require a State or Tribal 

organization to submit a request for 

payment of monetary allowance for 

OBRs placed at the time of interment, 

and it will require individuals to submit 

a request for payment of monetary 

allowance for a privately purchased 

OBR. 

• Description of need for information 

and use of information: The information 

will be used by the National Cemetery 

Administration Financial Service Center 

to issue payment of the OBR monetary 

benefit. The information will identify 

the claimant and the amount claimed 

and will be necessary to make 

determinations for payment and for 

other budget, oversight, and compliance 

purposes associated with administering 

this benefit for burials in State and 

Tribal organization veterans cemeteries. 

In addition, VA may use a summary of 

this information to respond to 

Congressional oversight inquiries. 

• Description of likely respondents: 

Primarily Veterans Cemetery Grants 

Program grantees that are States and 

Tribal Organizations. A small number of 

private individuals may be respondents. 

• Estimated number of respondents: 

110 in Fiscal Year 2024. 

• Estimated frequency of responses: 

Quarterly for States and Tribal 

organizations that need to request 

payment of monetary allowance for 

burials where OBRs are placed at time 

of interment. One-time occurrence for 

any individual who needs to claim the 

monetary allowance for a privately 

purchased OBR. 

• Estimated average burden per 

response: 15 minutes for all 

respondents. 

Estimated burden hours 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

responses 

Average 

minutes 

per response 

Minutes 

Actual 

number of 

burden hours 

(×) times (×) times = (Equals) ÷ by 60 = 

Monetary Allowance for Privately Purchased OBR .................................. 100 1 15 1,500 25 

Monetary Allowance for OBRs Placed at Time of Interment ................... 10 4 15 600 10 

Accumulative Total ............................................................................ 110 .................... ........................ .................... 35 

• Estimated total annual reporting 

and recordkeeping burden: VA 

estimates the total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden to be 35 burden 

hours. Based on an estimated number of 

100 respondents filing one-time claims 

with an average of 15 minutes for the 

response, and an estimated number of 

10 respondents filing claims quarterly 

with an average of 15 minutes for the 

response, the total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 

35 hours. 

• Estimated cost to respondents per 

year: VA estimates the annual cost for 

all respondents to be $1,101.80. To 

estimate the total information collection 

burden cost, VA used the May 2023 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) mean 

hourly wage for ‘‘all occupations’’ of 

$31.48 per hour. This information is 

available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/ 

2023/may/oes_nat.htm#00-0000. Using 

VA’s estimated average annual burden 

of 35 hours, and using a mean hourly 

wage of $31.48, VA estimates the total 

information collection burden cost to be 

$1,101.80 per year (35 burden hours × 

$31.48 mean wage per hour). 

Assistance Listing 

The Assistance Listing numbers and 

titles for the programs affected by this 

document are 64.201, National 

Cemeteries; 64.203, Veterans Cemetery 

Grants Program; and 64.206, VA OBR 

Allowance Program. 

Congressional Review Act 

Pursuant to subtitle E of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (known as the 

Congressional Review Act) (5 U.S.C. 801 

et seq.), the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs designated this rule 

as not satisfying the criteria under 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects 

38 CFR Part 38 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Cemeteries, Veterans. 

38 CFR Part 39 

Cemeteries, Grant programs— 

veterans, Veterans. 

Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 

this document on October 3, 2024, and 


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authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, VA amends 38 CFR parts 38 

and 39 as set forth below: 

PART 38—NATIONAL CEMETERIES 

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 38 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 107, 501, 512, 531, 

2306, 2400, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2407, 2408, 

2411, 7105. 

■ 2. Amend § 38.629 as follows: 

■ a. Revise the section heading; 

■ b. Revise paragraphs (b) through (d); 

■ c. Redesignate paragraph (e) as 

paragraph (f); 

■ d. Add new paragraph (e); 

■ e. Revise the heading of newly 

redesignated paragraph (f) and revise 

newly redesignated paragraphs (f)(1) 

introductory text and (f)(2); 

■ f. Remove newly redesignated (f)(3); 

and 

■ e. Add paragraphs (g) and (h). 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 38.629 Outer burial receptacles. 

* * * * * 

(b) Purpose. (1) This section provides 

for payment of a monetary allowance for 

an outer burial receptacle for any 

interment with casketed remains in a 

VA national cemetery where a privately 

purchased outer burial receptacle has 

been used in lieu of a Governmentfurnished graveliner and, for any 

interment on or after January 5, 2023, in 

a cemetery that is the subject of a grant 

to a State or Tribal organization under 

38 U.S.C. 2408 where a privately 

purchased outer burial receptacle has 

been used. 

(2) This section also provides for 

payment of a monetary allowance for 

outer burial receptacles placed at the 

time of interment, for burials on or after 

January 5, 2023, in a cemetery that is the 

subject of a grant awarded to a State or 

Tribal organization under 38 U.S.C. 

2408. 

(3) This section also provides for 

reimbursement of the cost of pre-placed 

outer burial receptacles that are 

installed as part of construction or 

expansion of a cemetery that is the 

subject of a grant awarded on or after 

January 5, 2023, to a State or Tribal 

organization under 38 U.S.C. 2408. 

(c) Subsequent interments. In burials 

where a casket already exists in a grave 

with or without an outer burial 

receptacle, subsequent placement of a 

second casket in an outer burial 

receptacle will not be permitted in the 

same grave unless the cemetery director 

determines that the already interred 

casket will not be damaged. 

(d) Payment of monetary allowance 

for privately purchased outer burial 

receptacles. (1) VA will pay a monetary 

allowance for each casket burial in a VA 

national cemetery where a privately 

purchased outer burial receptacle was 

used in lieu of a Government-furnished 

graveliner. Payment will be made to the 

person identified in records contained 

in the National Cemetery 

Administration (NCA) electronic 

ordering system as the person who paid 

for the outer burial receptacle. No 

application is required to receive 

payment of this monetary allowance as 

the payment is processed automatically 

based on entry in the system. 

(2) VA will pay a monetary allowance 

for each casket burial in a cemetery that 

is the subject of a grant to a State or 

Tribal organization under 38 U.S.C. 

2408, where a privately purchased outer 

burial receptacle was used on or after 

January 5, 2023. The person who paid 

for the outer burial receptacle must 

submit a request for payment of the 

allowance on the appropriate VA form. 

The request must be verified by the 

cemetery director where the burial 

occurred. 

(e) Payment of monetary allowance 

for outer burial receptacles placed at 

time of interment. (1) VA will pay a 

monetary allowance for outer burial 

receptacles placed at the time of 

interment for burials on or after January 

5, 2023, in a cemetery that is the subject 

of a grant to a State or Tribal 

organization under 38 U.S.C. 2408. Such 

payments may be issued on a quarterly 

basis and will be paid to the State 

agency or Tribal organization. 

(2) VA will pay the allowance only if 

a State or Tribal organization submits a 

request for payment on the appropriate 

VA form. Requests may be submitted on 

a quarterly basis for the total number of 

burials that required an outer burial 

receptacle in that quarter and for which 

a fee for the outer burial receptacle was 

not charged to the decedent’s family or 

other responsible party. Requests for 

payment under this section for burials 

that occur from January 5, 2023, through 

December 31, 2024, must be submitted 

by December 31, 2025. Requests for 

payment under this section for burials 

that occur on or after January 1, 2025, 

must be submitted within 1 year of 

interment. 

(3) No payment may be made for 

burials where a fee for the outer burial 

receptacle was charged to the decedent’s 

family or other responsible party. 

(f) Amount of the monetary 

allowance. (1) The monetary allowance 

will be the average cost, as determined 

by VA, of Government-furnished 

graveliners, less the administrative costs 

incurred by VA in processing and 

paying the allowance. 

* * * * * 

(2) The amount of the allowance for 

each calendar year will be published in 

the ‘‘Notices’’ section of the Federal 

Register. The Federal Register notice 

will also provide, as information, the 

determined average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners and the 

determined amount of the 

administrative costs to be deducted. 

(g) Reimbursement for pre-placed 

outer burial receptacles. (1) VA will 

reimburse the cost of outer burial 

receptacles that are pre-placed as part of 

new construction, expansion, or 

improvement of a cemetery that is the 

subject of a grant to a State or Tribal 

organization under 38 U.S.C. 2408 if the 

grant was awarded on or after January 

5, 2023. The reimbursement will be paid 

to the State or Tribal organization or, if 

designated by the State or Tribal 

organization representative, the State or 

Tribal veterans cemetery for which such 

project is being carried out, or to any 

other State or Tribal organization, 

agency, or instrumentality. 

(2) States and Tribal organizations 

must submit a request for 

reimbursement of the cost of pre-placed 

outer burial receptacles using Standard 

Form 271, Outlay Report and Request 

for Reimbursement for Construction 

Programs, with supporting 

documentation. The Director of the 

Veterans Cemetery Grants Program must 

review and certify the request for 

payment. Funds paid under this section 

for pre-placed outer burial receptacles, 

as part of an approved establishment, 

expansion, and improvement project 

shall be used solely for payment of such 

outer burial receptacles. As a condition 

for payment, the representative of the 

State or Tribal organization must submit 

to VA an invoice reporting the cost for 

purchase and delivery of outer burial 

receptacles. 

(h) Audits. A State or Tribal 

organization that seeks reimbursement 

for the cost of outer burial receptacles 

under this section will be subject to 

inspections, audits, and reports in 

accordance with § 39.122 of this 

chapter. 


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(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2306(e)) 

PART 39—AID FOR THE 

ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, AND 

IMPROVEMENT, OR OPERATION AND 

MAINTENANCE, OF VETERANS 

CEMETERIES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 2408, 2411, 

3765. 

■ 4. Amend § 39.50 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the text ‘‘preplaced liners 

or crypts,’’ from paragraph (b)(2); and 

■ b. Add paragraph (e). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 39.50 Amount of grant. 

* * * * * 

(e) VA will reimburse the cost of 

preplaced outer burial receptacles 

separately in accordance with § 38.629 

of this chapter. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Amend § 39.122 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 39.122 Inspections, audits, and reports. 

(a) A State or Tribal organization will 

allow VA inspectors and auditors to 

conduct inspections as necessary to 

ensure compliance with the provisions 

of this part and with provisions of 

§ 38.629 of this chapter regarding outer 

burial receptacles. The State or Tribal 

organization will provide to VA 

evidence that it has met its 

responsibilities under the Single Audit 

Act of 1984. 

* * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 9 

[Docket ID FEMA–2023–0026] 

RIN 1660–AB12 

Updates to Floodplain Management 

and Protection of Wetlands 

Regulations To Implement the Federal 

Flood Risk Management Standard; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Final rule; correcting 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: On July 11, 2024, the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) published a final rule 

implementing the Federal Flood Risk 

Management Standard (FFRMS), 

updating the agency’s 8-step decisionmaking process for floodplain reviews 

by changing how FEMA defines a 

floodplain with respect to certain 

actions and how FEMA uses natural 

systems, ecosystem processes, and 

nature-based approaches when 

developing alternatives to locating a 

proposed action in the floodplain. The 

rule contained two errors which this 

document corrects. 

DATES: This rule is effective October 10, 

2024 and is applicable beginning 

September 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Portia Ross, Policy and Integration 

Division Director, Office of 

Environmental Planning and Historic 

Preservation, Resilience, DHS/FEMA, 

400 C St. SW, Suite 313, Washington, 

DC 20472–3020. Phone: (202) 709–0677; 

Email: fema-regulations@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

11, 2024, at 89 FR 56929, FEMA 

published a final rule implementing the 

FFRMS. The rule contained two errors. 

The first error is typographical, 

capitalizing a word in a defined term in 

§ 9.4 which should be lowercased. The 

second error is a procedural error in the 

instruction and text for the amendment 

to § 9.9. Paragraph (d) was instructed to 

be fully revised, but the full paragraph 

was not presented in the amendatory 

text. This document corrects both errors. 

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 9 

Floodplains, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

amending 44 CFR part 9 by making the 

following correcting amendments. 

PART 9—FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT 

AND PROTECTION OF WETLANDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 9 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; E.O. 

11988 of May 24, 1977, 42 FR 26951, 3 CFR, 

1977 Comp., p. 117; E.O. 11990 of May 24, 

1977, 42 FR 26961, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p. 

121; E.O. 13690, 80 FR 6425; E.O. 14030, 86 

FR 27967. 

§ 9.4 [Corrected] 

■ 2. Correct § 9.4 in the definition of 

‘‘0.2 Percent annual chance floodplain’’ 

by removing ‘‘Percent’’ and adding 

‘‘percent’’ in its place. 

■ 3. Correct § 9.9 by removing 

paragraphs (1) and (2) following 

paragraph (c)(5) and adding paragraph 

(d) in their place. 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 9.9 Analysis and reevaluation of 

practicable alternatives. 

* * * * * 

(d) Action following the analysis of 

practicable alternatives. (1) The Agency 

shall not locate the proposed action in 

the floodplain as established by § 9.7(c) 

or in a wetland if a practicable 

alternative exists outside the floodplain 

or wetland. 

(2) If no practicable alternative exists 

outside the floodplain or wetland, in 

order to carry out the action the 

floodplain or wetland must itself be a 

practicable location in light of the 

review required in this section. 

* * * * * 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–66–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 205, 212, 214, 215, and 

237 

[Docket DARS–2024–0001] 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Technical 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: DoD is amending the Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) to make needed 

editorial changes. 

DATES: Effective October 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, Defense 

Acquisition Regulations System, 

telephone 703–717–8226. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule amends the DFARS to make needed 

editorial changes to add pointers to new 

text in DFARS Procedures, Guidance, 

and Information and to remove and 

reserve a section containing a pointer to 

DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and 

Information, which is no longer needed. 


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