Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2022 / Notices 18001 

soliciting comments from interested 

local, state, and federal elected officials 

and agencies, Tribes, as well as 

interested members of the public and 

others. Comments are requested on 

potential alternatives and impacts, and 

identification of any relevant 

information, studies, or analyses of any 

kind concerning impacts affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

Concurrent with the publication of this 

NOI, public scoping notices will be 

announced locally. In accordance with 

DAF guidance, in-person public scoping 

meetings will not be held. Public 

scoping is being accomplished remotely, 

in accordance with the 2020 version of 

40 Code of Federal Regulations part 

1506.6, via the project website at 

https://columbus.t7anepadocuments.com/. The website 

provides posters, a presentation, an 

informational brochure, other meeting 

materials, and the capability for the 

public to provide public scoping 

comments. Scoping materials are also 

available in print at the ColumbusLowndes Public Library (314 7th Street 

North, Columbus, Mississippi). 

Adriane Paris, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06575 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket No. DARS–2022–0008] 

Acquisition of Items for Which Federal 

Prison Industries Has a Significant 

Market Share 

AGENCY: DARS, Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: DoD is publishing the 

updated annual list of product 

categories for which the Federal Prison 

Industries’ share of the DoD market is 

greater than five percent. 

DATES: April 15, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mario Thompson, 808–590–0652. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 19, 2009, a final rule was 

published in the Federal Register at 74 

FR 59914, which amended the Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6 to 

implement section 827 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110–181). Section 

827 changed DoD competition 

requirements for purchases from Federal 

Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by requiring 

DoD to publish an annual list of product 

categories for which FPI’s share of the 

DoD market was greater than five 

percent, based on the most recent fiscal 

year data available. Product categories 

on the current list, and the products 

within each identified product category, 

must be procured using competitive or 

fair opportunity procedures in 

accordance with DFARS 208.602–70. 

The Principal Director, Defense 

Pricing and Contracting (DPC), issued a 

memorandum dated March 16, 2022, 

that provided the current list of product 

categories for which FPI’s share of the 

DoD market is greater than five percent 

based on fiscal year 2021 data from the 

Federal Procurement Data System. The 

product categories to be competed 

effective April 15, 2022, are the 

following: 

• 7125 (Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and 

Shelving) 

• 8105 (Bags and Sacks) 

• 8405 (Outerwear, Men’s) 

• 8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose) 

• 8420 (Underwear and Nightwear, 

Men’s) 

The DPC memorandum with the 

current list of product categories for 

which FPI has a significant market share 

is posted at https://www.acq.osd.mil/ 

asda/dpc/cp/policy/other-policyareas.html#fpi. 

The statute, as implemented, also 

requires DoD to— 

(1) Include FPI in the solicitation 

process for these items. A timely offer 

from FPI must be considered and award 

procedures must be followed in 

accordance with existing policy at 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v); 

(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions, 

in accordance with FAR subpart 8.6, for 

items from product categories for which 

FPI does not have a significant market 

share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to 

conduct market research and make a 

written comparability determination, at 

the discretion of the contracting officer. 

Competitive (or fair opportunity) 

procedures are appropriate if the FPI 

product is not comparable in terms of 

price, quality, or time of delivery; and 

(3) Modify the published list if DoD 

subsequently determines that new data 

requires adding or omitting a product 

category from the list. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06199 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Publication of Housing Price Inflation 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness (USD(P&R)), Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of housing price inflation 

adjustment. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is announcing the 

2021 rent threshold under the 

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 

Applying the inflation adjustment for 

2021, the maximum monthly rental 

amount as of January 1, 2022, will be 

$4,214.28. 

DATES: These housing price inflation 

adjustments are effective January 1, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt 

Col Patrick Schwomeyer, Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, (703) 692– 

8170. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as 

codified at 50 U.S.C. App. 3951, 

prohibits a landlord from evicting a 

Service member (or the Service 

member’s family) from a residence 

during a period of military service, 

except by court order. The law as 

originally passed by Congress applied to 

dwellings with monthly rents of $2,400 

or less. The law requires the DoD to 

adjust this amount annually to reflect 

inflation and to publish the new amount 

in the Federal Register. Applying the 

inflation adjustment for 2021, the 

maximum monthly rental amount for 50 

U.S.C. App. 3951(a)(1)(A)(ii) as of 

January 1, 2022, will be $4,214.28. 

Dated: March 22, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06578 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Alaska 

Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions Program, Part A 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 


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