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###### National Aeronautics and Space Administration

          - 48 CFR Part 1830 

# AGENCY:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 

# ACTION:

Interim rule adopted as final without changes. 

# SUMMARY:

This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to identify who within NASA has the authority to approve Cost Accounting Standards waivers. 

      ( print page 29728)    

# EFFECTIVE DATE:

June 1, 2001. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Louis Becker, NASA Headquarters, Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division (Code HK), Washington, DC 20546, telephone: (202) 358-4593, email: lbecker@hq.nasa.gov. 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## A. Background 

                    NASA is adopting as final, without change, the interim rule published in the August 11, 2000                     **Federal Register**                     (65 FR 49205-49206). The interim rule identified the Associate Administrator for Procurement as the senior policymaking official delegated the authority to approve Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) waivers for NASA. The NASA interim rule was issued in response to a FAR interim rule published in the June 6, 2000                     **Federal Register**                     (65 FR 36028-36030) that authorized the heads of executive agencies to approve CAS waivers and allowed for this authority to be delegated to an official not below the senior policymaking level in the agency. The FAR interim rule resulted from Section 802 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub. L. 106-65) which made several changes to CAS, including waivers. The FAR interim rule was adopted as a final rule without change (66 FR 2136-2137, January 10, 2001). No comments were received in response to the NASA interim rule.                 

## B. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

                    NASA certifies that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small business entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601*et seq.*) because this rule pertains to Cost Accounting Standards from which small businesses are exempt.                 

## C. Paperwork Reduction Act 

                    The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the changes to the NFS do not impose recordkeeping or information collection requirements, or collection of information from offerors, contractors, or members of the public which require the approval of the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501,                     *et seq.*

# List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 30

      - Government procurement

Tom Luedtke,

Associate Administrator for Procurement. 

## Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Changes 

                        Accordingly, NASA adopts the interim rule amending 48 CFR part 1830, which was published in the                         **Federal Register**                         at 65 FR 49205-49206, August 11, 2000, as a final rule without change.                    

Authority:42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1). 

[FR Doc. 01-13810 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am] 

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