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materiel (see http://www.dtic.mil/whs/ 

directives/corres/pdf/400025m.pdf). 

‘‘Unique item identifier (UII)’’ means a set 

of data elements permanently marked on an 

item that is globally unique and 

unambiguous and never changes, in order to 

provide traceability of the item throughout its 

total life cycle. The term includes a 

concatenated UII or a DoD recognized unique 

identification equivalent. 

‘‘Unit acquisition cost’’ has the meaning 

given in FAR clause 52.245–1. 

(b) Reporting Government-furnished 

property to the IUID Registry. Except as 

provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the 

Contractor shall report, in accordance with 

paragraph (f), Government-furnished 

property to the IUID Registry as follows:— 

(1) Up to and including December 31, 

2013, report serially managed Governmentfurnished property with a unit-acquisition 

cost of $5,000 or greater. 

(2) Beginning January 1, 2014, report— 

(i) All serially managed Governmentfurnished property, regardless of unitacquisition cost; and 

(ii) Contractor receipt of non-serially 

managed items. Unless tracked as an 

individual item, the Contractor shall report 

non-serially managed items to the Registry in 

the same unit of packaging, e.g., original 

manufacturer’s package, box, or container, as 

it was received. 

(c) Exceptions. Paragraph (b) of this clause 

does not apply to— 

(1) Contractor-acquired property; 

(2) Property under any statutory leasing 

authority; 

(3) Property to which the Government has 

acquired a lien or title solely because of 

partial, advance, progress, or performancebased payments; 

(4) Intellectual property or software; 

(5) Real property; or 

(6) Property released for work in process. 

(d) Data for reporting to the IUID Registry. 

To permit reporting of Government-furnished 

property to the IUID Registry, the 

Contractor’s property management system 

shall enable the following data elements in 

addition to those required by paragraph 

(f)(1)(iii)(A)(1) through (3), (5), (7), (8), and 

(10) of the Government Property clause of 

this contract (FAR 52.245–1): 

(1) Received/Sent (shipped) date. 

(2) Status code. 

(3) Accountable Government contract 

number. 

(4) Commercial and Government Entity 

(CAGE) code on the accountable Government 

contract. 

(5) Mark record. 

(i) Bagged or tagged code (for items too 

small to individually tag or mark). 

(ii) Contents (the type of information 

recorded on the item, e.g., item internal 

control number). 

(iii) Effective date (date the mark is 

applied). 

(iv) Added or removed code/flag. 

(v) Marker code (designates which code is 

used in the marker identifier, e.g., D=CAGE, 

UN=DUNS, LD=DODAAC). 

(vi) Marker identifier, e.g., Contractor’s 

CAGE code or DUNS number. 

(vii) Medium code; how the data is 

recorded, e.g., barcode, contact memory 

button. 

(viii) Value, e.g., actual text or data string 

that is recorded in its human-readable form. 

(ix) Set (used to group marks when 

multiple sets exist. 

(6) Appropriate supply condition code, 

required only for reporting of reparables, per 

Appendix 2 of DoD 4000.25–2–M, Military 

Standard Transaction Reporting and 

Accounting Procedures manual (http:// 

www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/ 

400025m.pdf). 

(e) When Government-furnished property 

is in the possession of subcontractors, 

Contractors shall ensure that reporting is 

accomplished using the data elements 

required in paragraph (d) of this clause. 

(f) Procedures for reporting of Governmentfurnished property. Except as provided in 

paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor 

shall establish and report to the IUID Registry 

the information required by FAR clause 

52.245–1, paragraphs (e) and (f)(1)(iii), in 

accordance with the data submission 

procedures at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/ 

pdi/uid/data_submission_information.html. 

(g) Procedures for updating the IUID 

Registry. 

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (g)(2), 

the Contractor shall update the IUID Registry 

at https:///bpn.gov/iuid for changes in status, 

mark, custody, condition code (for reparables 

only), or disposition of items that are— 

(i) Received by the Contractor; 

(ii) Delivered or shipped from the 

Contractor’s plant, under Government 

instructions, except when shipment is to a 

subcontractor or other location of the 

Contractor; 

(iii) Consumed or expended, reasonably 

and properly, or otherwise accounted for, in 

the performance of the contract as 

determined by the Government property 

administrator, including reasonable 

inventory adjustments; 

(iv) Disposed of; or 

(v) Transferred to a follow-on or other 

contract. 

(2) The Contractor need not report to the 

IUID Registry those transactions reported or 

to be reported to the following DCMA etools: 

(i) Plant Clearance Automated 

Reutilization and Screening System 

(PCARSS); or 

(ii) Lost, Theft, Damaged or Destroyed 

(LTDD) system. 

(3) The contractor shall update the IUID 

Registry as transactions occur or as otherwise 

stated in the Contractor’s property 

management procedure. 

(End of clause) 

■ 8. Section 252.251–7000 is amended 

by— 

■ a. Amending the clause date by 

removing ‘‘(NOV 2004)’’ and adding in 

its place ‘‘(AUG 2012)’’; 

■ b. Revising paragraph (c) introductory 

text; 

■ c. Redesignating paragraphs (d) and 

(e) as paragraphs (e) and (f); and 

■ d. Adding a new paragraph (d). 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

252.251–7000 Ordering From Government 

Supply Sources. 

* * * * * 

(c) When placing orders for 

Government stock on a reimbursable 

basis, the Contractor shall— 

* * * * * 

(d) When placing orders for 

Government stock on a nonreimbursable basis, the Contractor 

shall— 

(1) Comply with the requirements of 

the Contracting Officer’s authorization; 

and 

(2) When using electronic transactions 

to submit requisitions on a nonreimbursable basis only, place orders by 

authorizing contract number using the 

Defense Logistics Management System 

(DLMS) Supplement to Federal 

Implementation Convention 511R, 

Requisition; and acknowledge receipts 

by authorizing contract number using 

the DLMS Supplement 527R, Receipt, 

Inquiry, Response and Material Receipt 

Acknowledgement. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Part 242 

RIN 0750–AH52 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; DoD Voucher 

Processing (DFARS Case 2011–D054) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is amending the Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) to update DoD’s 

voucher processing procedures and 

better accommodate the Wide Area 

WorkFlow (WAWF) used to process 

vouchers. 

DATES: August 29, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Gomersall, 571–372–6099. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DoD published a proposed rule in the 

Federal Register at 77 FR 2682 on 

January 19, 2012. The comment period 

closed on March 19, 2012. This rule 

revises requirements for approving 

interim vouchers and replaces the direct 

submission process currently referenced 

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 29, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 52259 

at DFARS 242.803(b)(i)(C) with a riskbased sampling process. Interim 

vouchers that are selected using 

sampling methodologies will be 

reviewed and approved by the contract 

auditors for provisional payment and 

sent to the disbursing office after a prepayment review. Interim vouchers not 

selected for a pre-payment review will 

be considered to be provisionally 

approved and will be sent directly to the 

disbursing office. All provisionally 

approved interim vouchers are subject 

to a later audit of actual costs incurred. 

II. Discussion and Analysis 

One respondent submitted a comment 

requesting a clarification to the 

proposed language at 242.803(b)(i)(A). 

The respondent suggested that the 

proposed language could be interpreted 

to indicate that a contract auditor is 

authorized to receive vouchers from 

contractors, but only may approve them 

when directed by the terms of the 

contract. The final rule language at 

242.803(b)(i)(A) has been revised to 

state that the contract auditor is the 

authorized representative of the 

contracting officer for receiving 

vouchers from contractors 

electronically, unless otherwise directed 

by the terms of the contract. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under section 6(b) of 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

DoD does not expect this rule to have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., 

because this rule merely updates DoD’s 

voucher processing procedures and 

better accommodates the Wide Area 

WorkFlow used to process vouchers. 

However, a final regulatory flexibility 

analysis has been performed consistent 

with 5 U.S.C. 604. This rule revises 

requirements for approving interim 

vouchers. Interim vouchers that are 

selected using sampling methodologies 

will be reviewed and approved by the 

contract auditors for provisional 

payment, and sent to the disbursing 

office after a pre-payment review. 

Interim vouchers not selected for a prepayment review will be considered to be 

provisionally approved and will be sent 

directly to the disbursing office. All 

provisionally approved interim 

vouchers are subject to a later audit of 

actual costs incurred. No significant 

issues were raised by the public 

comments in response to the initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis and no 

comments were filed by the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration in response to 

the rule. The proposed rule imposes no 

reporting, recordkeeping, or other 

information collection requirements and 

no known significant alternatives to the 

rule were identified. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The rule does not contain any 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 242 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Therefore 48 CFR part 242 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 242—CONTRACT 

ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 242 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

■ 2. Section 242.803(b)(i) is revised to 

read as follows: 

242.803 Disallowing costs after 

incurrence. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(i) The contract auditor is the 

authorized representative of the 

contracting officer for— 

(A) Receiving vouchers from 

contractors electronically or by other 

delivery methods as directed by the 

terms of the contract; 

(B) Approving interim vouchers that 

were selected using sampling 

methodologies for provisional payment 

and sending them to the disbursing 

office after a pre-payment review. 

Interim vouchers not selected for a prepayment review will be considered to be 

provisionally approved and will be sent 

directly to the disbursing office. All 

provisionally approved interim 

vouchers are subject to a later audit of 

actual costs incurred; 

(C) Reviewing completion/final 

vouchers and sending them to the 

administrative contracting officer; and 

(D) Issuing DCAA Forms 1, Notice of 

Contract Costs Suspended and/or 

Disapproved, to deduct costs where 

allowability is questionable. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Parts 300 and 635 

[Docket No. 120510051–2335–02] 

RIN 0648–BC16 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Lifting Trade Restrictive Measures 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule lifts the trade 

restrictions on importing bigeye tuna 

from Bolivia and Georgia to implement 

a recommendation adopted at the 2011 

meeting of the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Additionally, 

this rule changes the regulations 

containing species-specific harmonized 

tariff codes to be consistent with recent 

changes adopted by the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC). 

DATES: Effective September 28, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Warren at 978–281–9260. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Atlantic tuna fisheries are managed 

under the 2006 Consolidated Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery Management 

Plan and regulations at 50 CFR part 635, 

pursuant to the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), and the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). 

Under ATCA, the Secretary shall 

promulgate such regulations as may be 

necessary and appropriate to carry out 

ICCAT Recommendations. 

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