19504 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 69 / Friday, April 10, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket No. FAR 2015–0051, Sequence 1] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–81; 

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) 2005–81. 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 dates and comment 

dates see separate documents, which 

follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. 

Please cite FAC 2005–81 and the 

specific FAR case number. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. 

Rule Listed in FAC 2005–81 

Subject FAR Case Analyst 

Further Amendments to Equal 

Employment Opportunity (Interim).

2015–013 Loeb. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary 

for the FAR rule follows. For the actual 

revisions and/or amendments made by 

this FAR case, refer to the specific item 

number and subject set forth in the 

document following this item summary. 

FAC 2005–81 amends the FAR as 

specified below: 

I—Further Amendments to Equal 

Employment Opportunity (FAR Case 

2015–013) 

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an 

interim rule amending the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to 

implement Executive Order (E.O.) 

13672, entitled ‘‘Further Amendments 

to Executive Order 11478, Equal 

Employment Opportunity in the Federal 

Government, and Executive Order 

11246, Equal Employment 

Opportunity’’. E.O. 13672 was signed 

July 21, 2014. This interim rule is also 

implementing a final rule issued by the 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs of the Department of Labor, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register at 79 FR 72985 on December 9, 

2014, Implementation of Executive 

Order 13672 Prohibiting Discrimination 

Based on Sexual Orientation and 

Gender Identity by Contractors and 

Subcontractors. 

Executive Order 11246, dated 

September 24, 1965, established 

requirements for non-discriminatory 

practices in hiring and employment for 

Federal contractors and subcontractors. 

The bases of discrimination prohibited 

by E.O. 11246 are race, color, religion, 

sex, and national origin. E.O. 13672 

adds sexual orientation and gender 

identity to the prohibited bases of 

discrimination established by Executive 

Order 11246. There is no significant 

impact on small entities imposed by the 

FAR rule. 

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 

2005–81 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 2005–81 is effective April 10, 

2015. 

Dated: April 6, 2015. 

RADM Althea H. Coetzee, 

Acting Director of Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy. 

Dated: April 6, 2015. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Dated: April 6, 2015. 

Monica Y. Manning, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for 

Procurement, National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1, 22, and 52 

[FAC 2005–81; FAR Case 2015–013; Item 

I; Docket No. 2015–0013, Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AN01 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Further Amendments to Equal 

Employment Opportunity 

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 Executive Order (E.O.) 

13672, ‘‘Further Amendments to 

Executive Order 11478, Equal 

Employment Opportunity in the Federal 

Government, and Executive Order 

11246, Equal Employment 

Opportunity,’’ and a final rule issued by 

the Department of Labor (DOL). 

DATES: Effective: April 10, 2015. 

Applicability: This rule applies to 

solicitations and modifications to 

contracts, if the contract does not 

already contain clauses as amended by 

the rule, issued on or after April 10, 

2015. 

Comment Date: Interested parties 

should submit written comments to the 

Regulatory Secretariat on or before June 

9, 2015 to be considered in the 

formation of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by FAC 2005–81, FAR Case 

2015–013, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘FAR Case 2015–013’’. 

Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘FAR Case 2015– 

013’’. Follow the instructions provided 

at the ‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 

any), and ‘‘FAR Case 2015–013’’ on your 

attached document. 

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