80_FR_57149 80 FR 56967 - Waiver for Certain Defense Items Produced in the United Kingdom

80 FR 56967 - Waiver for Certain Defense Items Produced in the United Kingdom

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 182 (September 21, 2015)

Page Range56967-56968
FR Document2015-23519

The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) is waiving the statutory limitation of 10 U.S.C. 2534 for certain defense items produced in the United Kingdom (UK). United States Code, Title 10, section 2534, limits DoD procurement of certain items to sources in the national technology and industrial base. The waiver will permit procurement of enumerated items from sources in the UK, unless otherwise restricted by statute.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System


Waiver for Certain Defense Items Produced in the United Kingdom

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics) is waiving the statutory limitation of 10 U.S.C. 2534 for 
certain defense items produced in the United Kingdom (UK). United 
States Code, Title 10, section 2534, limits DoD procurement of certain 
items to sources in the national technology and industrial base. The 
waiver will permit procurement of enumerated items from sources in the 
UK, unless otherwise restricted by statute.

DATES: This waiver is effective beginning October 6, 2015 until October 
4, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Defense Procurement and 
Acquisition Policy (DPAP), Contract Policy and International 
Contracting (CPIC), Room 5E621, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 
20301-3060, Attention: Ms. Patricia Foley, OUSD(AT&L), telephone (703) 
693-1145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subsection (a) of 10 U.S.C. 2534 provides 
that the Secretary of Defense may procure the items listed in that 
subsection only if the manufacturer of the item is part of the national 
technology and industrial base. Subsection (i) of 10 U.S.C. 2534 
authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exercise the waiver authority in 
subsection (d), on the basis of the

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applicability of paragraph (2) or (3) of that subsection, only if the 
waiver is made for a particular item listed in subsection (a) and for a 
particular foreign country. Subsection (d) authorizes a waiver if the 
Secretary of Defense determines that application of the limitation 
``would impede the reciprocal procurement of defense items under a 
memorandum of understanding providing for reciprocal procurement of 
defense items'' and if the Secretary of Defense determines that ``that 
country does not discriminate against defense items produced in the 
United States to a greater degree than the United States discriminates 
against defense items produced in that country.'' The Secretary of 
Defense has delegated the waiver authority of 10 U.S.C. 2534(d) to the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics).
    DoD has had a Reciprocal Defense Procurement Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) with the UK since 1975, most recently renewed on 
December 17, 2014.
    The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics) finds that the UK does not discriminate against defense 
items produced in the United States to a greater degree than the United 
States discriminates against defense items produced in the UK, and also 
finds that application of the limitation in 10 U.S.C. 2534 against 
defense items produced in the UK would impede the reciprocal 
procurement of defense items under the MOU.
    Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2534, the Under Secretary of 
Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) has determined that 
application of the limitation of 10 U.S.C. 2534(a) to the procurement 
of any defense item produced in the UK that is listed below would 
impede the reciprocal procurement of defense items under the MOU with 
the UK.
    On the basis of the foregoing, the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) is waiving the limitation in 
10 U.S.C. 2534(a) for procurements of any defense item listed below 
that is produced in the UK. This waiver applies to procurements under 
solicitations issued during the period from October 6, 2015 to October 
4, 2016. Similar waivers have been granted since 1998, most recently in 
2014 (79 FR 11770, March 3, 2014).

List of Items to Which This Waiver Applies

1. Air circuit breakers.
2. Gyrocompasses.
3. Electronic navigation chart systems.
4. Steering controls.
5. Pumps.
6. Propulsion and machinery control systems.
7. Totally enclosed lifeboats.

Jennifer L. Hawes,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2015-23519 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices 56967 The notice also describes the functions pertain to credit unions with total assets III. Availability of the Council. Notice of the meeting is of $10 billion or less.’’ The Council’s agenda will be made permitted by Section 9 of the CUAC Section 3 of the CUAC Charter states: available to the public on Tuesday, Charter and is intended to notify the ‘‘a) The CFPB supervises depository September 22, 2015, via public of this meeting. Specifically, institutions and credit unions with total consumerfinance.gov. Individuals Section 9(d) of the CUAC Charter states: assets of more than $10 billion and their should express in their RSVP if they (1) Each meeting of the Council shall be respective affiliates, but other than the require a paper copy of the agenda. open to public observation, to the extent limited authority conferred by § 1026 of A recording and transcript of this that a facility is available to the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB does not meeting will be available after the accommodate the public, unless the have supervisory authority regarding meeting on the CFPB’s Web site Bureau, in accordance with paragraph credit unions and depository consumerfinance.gov. (4) of this section, determines that the institutions with total assets of $10 billion or less. As a result, the CFPB Dated: September 16, 2015. meeting shall be closed. The Bureau does not have regular contact with these Christopher D’Angelo, also will make reasonable efforts to make the meetings available to the institutions, and it would therefore be Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Financial beneficial to create a mechanism to Protection. public through live recording. (2) Notice of the time, place and purpose of each ensure that their unique perspectives [FR Doc. 2015–23600 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] meeting, as well as a summary of the are shared with the Bureau. Small BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P proposed agenda, shall be published in Business Regulatory Enforcement the Federal Register not more than 45 Fairness Act (SBREFA) panels provide or less than 15 days prior to the one avenue to gather this input, but DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE scheduled meeting date. Shorter notice participants from credit unions must may be given when the Bureau possess no more than $175 million in Defense Acquisition Regulations determines that the Council’s business assets, which precludes the System so requires; in such event, the public participation of many. b) The Advisory Council shall fill this gap by providing Waiver for Certain Defense Items will be given notice at the earliest Produced in the United Kingdom practicable time. (3) Minutes of an interactive dialogue and exchange of meetings, records, reports, studies, and ideas and experiences between credit AGENCY: Defense Acquisition agenda of the Council shall be posted on union employees and Bureau staff. c) Regulations System, Department of the Bureau’s Web site The Advisory Council shall advise Defense (DoD). (www.consumerfinance.gov). (4) The generally on the Bureau’s regulation of ACTION: Notice. Bureau may close to the public a portion consumer financial products or services of any meeting, for confidential and other topics assigned to it by the SUMMARY: The Under Secretary of discussion. If the Bureau closes a Director. To carry out the Advisory Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and meeting or any portion of a meeting, the Council’s purpose, the scope of its Logistics) is waiving the statutory Bureau will issue, at least annually, a activities shall include providing limitation of 10 U.S.C. 2534 for certain summary of the Council’s activities information, analysis, and defense items produced in the United during such closed meetings or portions recommendations to the Bureau. The Kingdom (UK). United States Code, of meetings. output of Advisory Council meetings Title 10, section 2534, limits DoD should serve to better inform the CFPB’s procurement of certain items to sources DATES: The meeting date is Thursday, policy development, rulemaking, and in the national technology and October 8, 2015, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. engagement functions.’’ industrial base. The waiver will permit Eastern Daylight Time. procurement of enumerated items from II. Agenda ADDRESSES: The meeting location is sources in the UK, unless otherwise Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, The Credit Union Advisory Council restricted by statute. 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC will discuss consumer challenges in DATES: This waiver is effective 20002. payments. beginning October 6, 2015 until October Persons who need a reasonable FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 4, 2016. accommodation to participate should Crystal Dully, Consumer Advisory FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: contact CFPB_504Request@cfpb.gov, Board & Councils, External Affairs, 1275 202–435–9EEO, 1–855–233–0362, or Director, Defense Procurement and First Street NE., Washington, DC 20002; 202–435–9742 (TTY) at least ten Acquisition Policy (DPAP), Contract telephone: 202–435–9588; CFPB_ business days prior to the meeting or Policy and International Contracting CABandCouncilsEvents@cfpb.gov. event to request assistance. The request (CPIC), Room 5E621, 3060 Defense SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: must identify the date, time, location, Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3060, and title of the meeting or event, the Attention: Ms. Patricia Foley, I. Background OUSD(AT&L), telephone (703) 693– nature of the assistance requested, and Section 2 of the CUAC Charter contact information for the requester. 1145. provides: ‘‘Pursuant to the executive CFPB will strive to provide, but cannot SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and administrative powers conferred on guarantee that accommodation will be Subsection (a) of 10 U.S.C. 2534 the Consumer Financial Protection provided for late requests. provides that the Secretary of Defense Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) by Section Individuals who wish to attend the may procure the items listed in that rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 1012 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Credit Union Advisory Council meeting subsection only if the manufacturer of Reform and Consumer Protection Act must RSVP to cfpb_ the item is part of the national (Dodd-Frank Act), the Director cabandcouncilsevents@cfpb.gov by technology and industrial base. established the Credit Union Advisory noon, Tuesday, October 7, 2015. Subsection (i) of 10 U.S.C. 2534 Council to consult with the Bureau in Members of the public must RSVP by authorizes the Secretary of Defense to the exercise of its functions under the the due date and must include ‘‘CUAC’’ exercise the waiver authority in federal consumer financial laws as they in the subject line of the RSVP. subsection (d), on the basis of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:14 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1

56968 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices applicability of paragraph (2) or (3) of 4. Steering controls. and the need to move quickly once a that subsection, only if the waiver is 5. Pumps. window of opportunity opens, the made for a particular item listed in 6. Propulsion and machinery control Department is bypassing the 60-day subsection (a) and for a particular systems. public comment period. foreign country. Subsection (d) 7. Totally enclosed lifeboats. Affected Public: Individuals and authorizes a waiver if the Secretary of Households—Foreign Nationals. Jennifer L. Hawes, Defense determines that application of Frequency: One-time. Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. the limitation ‘‘would impede the System. Omb Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet reciprocal procurement of defense items under a memorandum of understanding [FR Doc. 2015–23519 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] Seehra. providing for reciprocal procurement of BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Comments and recommendations on defense items’’ and if the Secretary of the proposed information collection Defense determines that ‘‘that country should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_ does not discriminate against defense items produced in the United States to submission@omb.eop.gov. Please Office of the Secretary identify the proposed information a greater degree than the United States discriminates against defense items [Docket ID: DoD–2015–OS–0092] collection by DoD Desk Officer and the produced in that country.’’ The Docket ID number and title of the Secretary of Defense has delegated the Submission for OMB Review; information collection. Comment Request You may also submit comments and waiver authority of 10 U.S.C. 2534(d) to recommendations, identified by Docket the Under Secretary of Defense ACTION: Notice. ID number and title, by the following (Acquisition, Technology, and method: Logistics). SUMMARY: The Department of Defense • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// DoD has had a Reciprocal Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the www.regulations.gov. Follow the Procurement Memorandum of following proposal for collection of instructions for submitting comments. Understanding (MOU) with the UK information under the provisions of the Instructions: All submissions received since 1975, most recently renewed on Paperwork Reduction Act. must include the agency name, Docket December 17, 2014. DATES: Consideration will be given to all ID number and title for this Federal The Under Secretary of Defense comments received by October 21, 2015. Register document. The general policy (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred for comments and other submissions finds that the UK does not discriminate Licari, 571–372–0493. from members of the public is to make against defense items produced in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: these submissions available for public United States to a greater degree than Title, Associated Form and Omb viewing on the Internet at http:// the United States discriminates against Number: Middle East Focus Groups and www.regulations.gov as they are defense items produced in the UK, and Survey; OMB Control Number 0704– received without change, including any also finds that application of the TBD. personal identifiers or contact limitation in 10 U.S.C. 2534 against Type of Request: Emergency. information. defense items produced in the UK DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick would impede the reciprocal Number of Respondents: 2000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Licari. procurement of defense items under the Written requests for copies of the MOU. Annual Responses: 2000. Average Burden per Response: 60 information collection proposal should Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2534, be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD the Under Secretary of Defense minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 2000 hours. Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, has determined that application of the Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is being Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. limitation of 10 U.S.C. 2534(a) to the procurement of any defense item submitted as an emergency. The Dated: September 16, 2015. produced in the UK that is listed below primary objective of this research, Aaron Siegel, would impede the reciprocal broadly speaking, is to inform future Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison procurement of defense items under the U.S. government efforts in countering Officer, Department of Defense. MOU with the UK. violent extremism, with the goal of the [FR Doc. 2015–23613 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] On the basis of the foregoing, the project being to better understand views BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Under Secretary of Defense of political activism in the Middle East (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) and, more specifically, to identify is waiving the limitation in 10 U.S.C. factors that dissuade individuals from DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2534(a) for procurements of any defense supporting violent extremist groups. item listed below that is produced in the The focus groups and surveys will Office of the Secretary UK. This waiver applies to identify what factors dissuade individuals from supporting violent Availability of the Fiscal Year 2014 procurements under solicitations issued Inventory of Contracts for Services during the period from October 6, 2015 extremist groups or inhibit support for to October 4, 2016. Similar waivers have violence more generally. The AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). been granted since 1998, most recently information collection will be initiated ACTION: Notice of availability. rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES in 2014 (79 FR 11770, March 3, 2014). at a time of relative peace in Yemen, but this country has experienced active SUMMARY: DoD announces the List of Items to Which This Waiver conflict since April 2015 so the focus availability of the Inventory of Contracts Applies groups and survey must be administered for Services for Fiscal Year 2014 1. Air circuit breakers. at a time when some stability has pursuant to section 2330a of title 10, 2. Gyrocompasses. returned to the country. Due to the fluid United States Code. The inventory is 3. Electronic navigation chart systems. nature in the stability of the country, available to the public. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:14 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesThis waiver is effective beginning October 6, 2015 until October 4, 2016.
ContactDirector, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP), Contract Policy and International Contracting (CPIC), Room 5E621, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3060, Attention: Ms. Patricia Foley, OUSD(AT&L), telephone (703) 693-1145.
FR Citation80 FR 56967 
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