[Federal Register: March 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 55)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket FAR--2007-0002, Sequence 1]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2005-16; Small Entity Compliance Guide
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.
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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with
Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
of 1996. It consists of a summary of rules appearing in Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-16 which amend the FAR. An asterisk (*)
next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has
been prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information
regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2005-16 which precedes this
document. These documents are also available via the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.regulations.gov
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurieann Duarte, FAR Secretariat,
(202) 501-4225. For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose
name appears in the table below.
List of Rules in FAC 2005-16
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I.............. Implementation of Wage Determinations OnLine 2005-033 Woodson.
(WDOL).
II............. Termination or Cancellation of Purchase 2005-029 Jackson.
Orders.
III............ Contracts with Religious Entities (Interim).. 2006-019 Woodson.
IV............. Contract Terms and Conditions Required to 2006-012 Jackson.
Implement Statute or Executive Orders--
Commercial Items.
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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 2005-16 amends the FAR as specified below:
Item I--Implementation of Wage Determinations OnLine (WDOL) (FAR Case
2005-033)
This final rule implements the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage
Determinations OnLine (WDOL) Internet website as the source for Federal
contracting agencies to obtain wage determinations issued by the DOL
for service contracts subject to the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract
Act (SCA) and for construction contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act
(DBA). The rule amends the FAR to direct Federal contracting agencies
to obtain DBA and SCA wage determinations from the WDOL website.
The WDOL and e98 processes replace the paper Standard Forms 98 and
98a. In addition, Standard Forms 98, 98a, and 99 are deleted from FAR
Part 53. This final rule also incorporates new geographical
jurisdictions for DOL's Wage and Hour Regional Offices and eliminates
FAR references to the Government Printing Office publication of general
wage determinations.
Item II--Termination or Cancellation of Purchase Orders (FAR Case 2005-
029)
The rule revises the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to
correct the inadvertent omission of an appropriate reference in FAR
Part 13.302-4(a) for termination for cause of those purchase orders
that have been accepted in writing. This FAR revision is a correction
to a reference and not a change to the contract termination options
available in 52.212-4(l) or (m). If a purchase order that has been
accepted in writing by the contractor is to be terminated, contracting
officers have the option to terminate for cause as well as terminate
for convenience.
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Item III--Contracts with Religious Entities (FAR Case 2006-019)
(Interim)
This interim rule amends FAR Subpart 22.8, Equal Employment
Opportunity, and the associated clause at 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity,
to add an exemption for religious entities to the prohibition of
discrimination on the basis of religion. Executive Order (E.O.) 13279
amended Section 204 of E.O. 11246 to permit religious entities to
consider employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform
work connected with carrying on the entity's activities. Religious
entities remain subject to other Equal Employment Opportunity
requirements. When awarding a contract to a religious entity that
contains the clause at FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, the
requirements of the clause with respect to employment of individuals of
a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on of
the contractor's activities do not apply to a contractor that is a
religious corporation, association, educational institution, or
society.
Item IV--Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statute or
Executive Orders--Commercial Items (FAR Case 2006-012)
The final rule revises the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to
update the required contract clauses that implement provisions of law
or executive orders for acquisitions of commercial items.
Dated: March 15, 2007.
Ralph De Stefano,
Director, Contract Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1355 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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