28426 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 113 / Monday, June 15, 2009 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket FAR 2009–0001, Sequence 4] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–33; 

Introduction 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Summary presentation of rules. 

SUMMARY: This document summarizes 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council in this Federal Acquisition 

Circular (FAC) 2005–33. A companion 

document, the Small Entity Compliance 

Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The 

FAC, including the SECG, is available 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: For effective dates and comment 

dates, see separate documents, which 

follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to each FAR case. 

Please cite FAC 2005–33 and the 

specific FAR case numbers. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the FAR 

Secretariat at (202) 501–4755. 

LIST OF RULES IN FAC 2005–33 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

I ............ Trade Agreements—Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru (Interim) .......................................................... 2008–036 Murphy. 

II ........... Contractor’s Request for Progress Payments ................................................................................. 2005–032 Murphy. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments to these FAR cases, refer to 

the specific item number and subject set 

forth in the documents following these 

item summaries. 

FAC 2005–33 amends the FAR as 

specified below: 

Item I—Trade Agreements—Costa Rica, 

Oman, and Peru (FAR Case 2008–036) 

(Interim) 

This interim rule allows contracting 

officers to purchase the goods and 

services of Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru 

without application of the Buy 

American Act if the acquisition is 

subject to the applicable trade 

agreements. The free trade agreements 

with Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru join 

the North American Free Trade 

Agreement (NAFTA), the Australia, 

Bahrain, Chile, Morocco, and Singapore 

Free Trade Agreements, and the 

Dominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement 

(CAFTA–DR) with respect to the 

Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, 

which are already in the FAR. 

The threshold for supplies and 

services is $67,826 for the CAFTA–DR 

and $194,000 for the Oman and Peru 

FTAs. The threshold for construction is 

$7,443,000 for the CAFTA–DR and the 

Peru FTA and $8,817,449 for the Oman 

FTA. 

Item II—Contractor’s Request for 

Progress Payments (FAR Case 2005– 

032) 

This final rule converts the proposed 

rule published at 73 FR 19035 on April 

8, 2008, to a final rule with one editorial 

change. This final rule incorporates 

improvements related to requests for 

progress payments and the Standard 

Form (SF) 1443, Contractor’s Request for 

Progress Payments, used to request 

those progress payments. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 

2005–33 is issued under the authority of 

the Secretary of Defense, the 

Administrator of General Services, and 

the Administrator for the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

and other directive material contained 

in FAC 2005–33 is effective June 15, 

2009 except for Item II, which is 

effective July 15, 2009. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Shay D. Assad, 

Director of Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy. 

Dated: June 5, 2009. 

Rodney P. Lantier, 

Acting Senior Procurement Executive, Office 

of the Chief Acquisition Officer, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

William P. McNally, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–13979 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 25 and 52 

[FAC 2005–33; FAR Case 2008–036; Item 

I; Docket 2009–0019, Sequence 1] 

RIN 9000–AL23 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR 

Case 2008–036, Trade Agreements— 

Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Interim rule with request for 

comments. 


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