[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65054-65055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30651]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATOIN

48 CFR Parts 8, 10, 15, 31, 32, 42, 45, 52 and 53

[FAR Case 90-017, 90-054, 91-039, 91-057, 91-093, 91-111, 91-114, 91-
117, 92-033, & 92-044]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Withdrawal of Proposed Rules

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Proposed rule withdrawals.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, 
and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have decided to 
withdraw ten proposed rules without further action. The actual text of 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation is unaffected by this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Beverly Fayson, FAR Secretariat, 
Room 4037, GS Building, Washington, DC 20405 (202) 501-4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 21, 1995, the Councils agreed to withdraw the following 
five proposed rules because the Director of Defense Procurement is 
conducting an initiative to rewrite FAR Part 45, Government Property, 
to make the Government property regulations easier to understand and 
less burdensome for both Government and industry. The issues addressed 
by these rules will be considered under the Part 45 Rewrite initiative.

FAR Case 91-057, Disposal of Hazardous Government Property

    Published at 59 FR 14464, March 28, 1994, to provide guidance 
relating to the identification and appropriate disposition of hazardous 
Government property. [RIN 9000-AF62]

FAR Case 91-093, Special Tooling Under Fixed-Price Contracts

    Published at 59 FR 14462, March 28, 1994, to amend the Government's 
policy on managing and controlling special tooling for which the 
Government has the right to title. [RIN 9000-AF66]

FAR Case 91-111, Commercially Available Government-Furnished Material

    Published at 59 FR 46557, September 2, 1994, to require contractors 
to provide all material for performing Government contracts, except 
when Government-furnished material is necessary to achieve significant 
economy, standardization, or expedited production, or when it is 
otherwise in the Government's interest. [RIN 9000-AF95]

FAR Case 91-114, Use of Government Facilities on a No-Charge Basis

    Published at 59 FR 45657, September 2, 1994, to include two clauses 
to provide controls on the use of Government property by identifying 
the items of property furnished under a contract or used on a no-charge 
basis, and by describing the obligation of both parties with regard to 
the property. [RIN 9000-AF96]

FAR Case 91-117, Use and Charges Clause

    Published at 60 FR 22442, May 5, 1995, to clarify current language 
pertaining to rental payments for Government-owned real property and 
equipment. [RIN 9000-AG23]
    The councils agreed to withdraw the following two proposed rules 
because the Department of Defense decided to retain the guidance in the 
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation supplement.

FAR Case 91-39, Voluntary Refunds

    Published at 56 FR 40716, August 15, 1991, to establish guidance on 
solicitation and acceptable of voluntary refunds from contractors. [RIN 
9000-AE11]

FAR Case 90-54, Defective Pricing

    Published at 55 FR 50534, December 6, 1990, to revise policies 
affecting defective pricing reductions. [RIN 9000-AE23]
    The councils also agreed to withdraw the following three proposed 
rules because the issues addressed in these rules have been superseded 
by other regulations including regulations implementing the Federal 
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994.

FAR Case 90-017, Exemptions from Cost or Pricing Data

    Published at 55 FR 36774, September 6, 1990, to minimize 
administrative impediments in the procedures for claiming and granting 
exemptions from the requirements for submission of certified cost or 
pricing data, and the 

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policies regarding price negotiations. [RIN 9000-AD89]

FAR Case 92-033, Price Competition Exemption

    Published at 59 FR 114458, March 28, 1994, to address unnecessarily 
requiring the submission of cost or pricing data and to clarify when 
adequate price competition exists. [RIN 9000-AF81]

FAR Case 92-044, Reconditioned Material

    Published at 59 FR 46019, September 6, 1994, to combine two clause 
as an acquisition streamlining measure. [RIN 9000-AG08]

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 8, 10, 15, 31, 32, 42, 45, 52, and 
53

    Government procurement.

    Dated: September 12, 1995.
Edward C. Loeb,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 95-30651 Filed 12-15-95; 8:45 am]
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