Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 182 / Thursday, September 23, 2021 / Proposed Rules 52871 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1, 25, and 52 

[FAR Case 2021–008; Docket No. FAR– 

2021–0008, Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AO22 

Federal Acquisition Regulation: 

Amendments to the FAR Buy American 

Act Requirements; Extension of Time 

for Comments 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA issued 

a proposed rule on July 30, 2021, 

amending the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) to implement an 

Executive order (E.O.) addressing 

domestic preferences in Government 

procurement. The deadline for 

submitting comments is being extended 

from September 28, 2021 to October 28, 

2021 to provide additional time for 

interested parties to provide comments 

on the FAR case. 

DATES: For the proposed rule published 

on July 30, 2021 (86 FR 40980), submit 

comments by October 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FAR Case 2021–008 to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Submit 

comments via the Federal eRulemaking 

portal by searching for ‘‘FAR Case 2021– 

008’’. Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ 

that corresponds with ‘‘FAR Case 2021– 

008.’’ Follow the instructions provided 

on the screen. Please include your 

name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘FAR Case 2021–008’’ on your attached 

document. If your comment cannot be 

submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, call or email the 

points of contact in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document for alternate instructions. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘FAR Case 2021–008’’ in 

all correspondence related to this case. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this proposed rule will be made 

publicly available and are subject to 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act. For this reason, please 

do not include in your comments 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as sensitive personal information 

or proprietary information, or any 

information that you would not want 

publicly disclosed unless you follow the 

instructions below for confidential 

comments. Summary information of the 

public comments received, including 

any specific comments, will be posted 

on regulations.gov. 

All filers using the portal should use 

the name of the person or entity 

submitting comments as the name of 

their files, in accordance with the 

instructions below. Anyone submitting 

business confidential/proprietary 

information should clearly identify any 

business confidential/proprietary 

portion at the time of submission, file a 

statement justifying nondisclosure and 

referencing the specific legal authority 

claimed, and provide a nonconfidential/non-proprietary version of 

the submission. 

Any business confidential 

information should be in an uploaded 

file that has a file name beginning with 

the characters ‘‘BC.’’ Any page 

containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL/ 

PROPRIETARY’’ on the top of that page. 

The corresponding non-confidential/ 

non-proprietary version of those 

comments must be clearly marked 

‘‘PUBLIC.’’ The file name of the nonconfidential version should begin with 

the character ‘‘P.’’ The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ 

should be followed by the name of the 

person or entity submitting the 

comments or rebuttal comments. All 

filers should name their files using the 

name of the person or entity submitting 

the comments. Any submissions with 

file names that do not begin with a ‘‘BC’’ 

will be assumed to be public and will 

be made publicly available through 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

To confirm receipt of your 

comment(s), please check https://

www.regulations.gov, approximately 

two to three days after submission to 

verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement 

Analyst, at 703–605–2868 or by email at 

mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov, for 

clarification of content. For information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules, contact the Regulatory 

Secretariat Division at 202–501–4755 or 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite FAR 

Case 2021–008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DoD, GSA, and NASA published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register at 

86 FR 40980, on July 30, 2021. The 

comment period is extended to October 

28, 2021 to allow additional time for 

interested parties to develop comments 

on the proposed rule as well as provide 

feedback on the questions posed in the 

preamble that will be used to further 

inform the rulemaking and future 

regulatory actions. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1, 25, 

and 52 

Government procurement. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20567 Filed 9–22–21; 8:45 am] 

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