Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-07; Small Entity Compliance Guide

<RULE> DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION <CFR>48 CFR Chapter 1</CFR> <DEPDOC>[Docket No. FAR-2024-0051, Sequence No. 5]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-07; Small Entity Compliance Guide</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG). <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> This document is issued under the joint authority of DoD, GSA, and NASA. This <E T="03">Small Entity Compliance Guide</E> has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-07, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2024-07, which precedes this document. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> August 29, 2024. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> The FAC, including the SECG, is available at <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov.</E> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose name appears in the table below. Please cite FAC 2024-07 and the FAR Case number. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or <E T="03">GSARegSec@gsa.gov.</E> An asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared. <GPOTABLE COLS="4" OPTS="L2,i1" CDEF="xs48,r100,12,r50"> <TTITLE>Rules Listed in FAC 2024-07</TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Item </CHED> <CHED H="1">Subject </CHED> <CHED H="1">FAR case </CHED> <CHED H="1">Analyst</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">I </ENT> <ENT>Reference to Penalty Threshold</ENT> <ENT>2023-005 </ENT> <ENT>Jones.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">II </ENT> <ENT>Technical Amendments</ENT> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the actual revisions and/or amendments made by these FAR rules, refer to the specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following these item summaries. FAC 2024-07 amends the FAR as follows: <HD SOURCE="HD1">Item I—Reference to Penalty Threshold (FAR Case 2023-005)</HD> This final rule amends the FAR to align the penalties language in the FAR lobbying provision at FAR 52.203-11 with the equivalent penalties language in the FAR lobbying clause at FAR 52.203-12. FAR 52.203-11(e) cites to the underlying authority at 31 U.S.C. 1352 and specifies that an imposition of a civil penalty does not prevent the Government from seeking any other remedy that may be applicable. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Item II—Technical Amendments</HD> Administrative changes are made at FAR 4.1202, 19.102, and 19.309. <SIG> <NAME>William F. Clark,</NAME> Director, Office of Government-Wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-Wide Policy. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2024-19175 Filed 8-28-24; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </RULE>