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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 188 / Friday, October 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity. Executive Order 13563
Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility.
The Office of Management and Budget OMB has determined that this rule is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866. The Regulatory Impact Analysis associated with this rulemaking can be found as a supporting document at www.regulations.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Act The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act 5 U.S.C. 601612. This rulemaking does not change VAs policy regarding small businesses, does not have an economic impact to individual businesses, and there are no increased or decreased costs to small business entities. Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
605b, the initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis requirements of 5
U.S.C. 603 and 604 do not apply.
Paperwork Reduction Act This final rule does not contain any information collection requirements that require approval by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Congressional Review Act Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8042.
List of Subjects 48 CFR Part 802
Government procurement.
48 CFR Part 852
Government procurement, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
48 CFR Part 853
Government procurement.
Signing Authority Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this document on September 3, 2021, and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the
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Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Luvenia Potts, Regulations Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, VA amends 48 CFR parts 802, 852, and 853 as set forth below.

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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 81278128, and 81518153; 40 U.S.C. 121c; 41 U.S.C.
1121c3, 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702;
and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304.

Subpart 852.1Instructions for Using Provisions and Clauses 852.101

Redesignated as 852.10170

4. Redesignate section 852.101 as section 852.10170.

PART 802DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
AND TERMS

5. Amend section 852.102 by revising the first sentence of paragraph b and paragraphs e and f to read as follows:

1. The authority citation for part 802
continues to read as follows:

852.102
clauses.

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121c; 41 U.S.C.
1121c3; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR
1.3011.304.

Subpart 802.1Definitions 2. Amend section 802.101 by:
a. Revising the definition for Chief Acquisition Officer;
b. Adding the definition for COR in alphabetical order;
c. Removing the definitions for COTR and DSPE;
d. Revising the definition for HCA;
e. Removing the definition for Resident Engineer; and f. Revising the definitions for SPE
and Vendor Information Pages VIP.
The addition and revisions read as follows:

802.101

Definitions.

Chief Acquisition Officer CAO
means the Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction.
COR means Contracting Officers Representative.

HCA means the Head of the Contracting Activity, an individual appointed in writing by the SPE.

SPE means the Senior Procurement Executive who is also the Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics. The SPE is responsible for the management direction of the VA
acquisition system.

Vendor Information Pages VIP
means the VetBiz.va.gov VIP database at https www.vetbiz.va.gov/vip/.

PART 852SOLICITATION
PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT
CLAUSES
3. The authority citation for part 852
continues to read as follows:

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Incorporating provisions and

b For any FAR or 48 CFR chapter 8
VAAR provision or clause that requires completion by the contracting officer, the contracting officer shall, as a minimum, insert the title of the provision or clause and the paragraph that requires completion in full text in the quotation, solicitation, or contract.

e If one or more FAR provisions or clauses, or portions thereof, are incorporated in a quotation, solicitation, or contract by reference, the contracting officer shall insert in the FAR provision or clause required by paragraph c or d of this section the following internet address: https www.acquisition.gov/
browse/index/far.
f If one or more 48 CFR chapter 8
VAAR provisions or clauses, or portions thereof, are incorporated in a quotation, solicitation, or contract by reference, the contracting officer shall insert in the FAR provision or clause required by paragraph c or d of this section the following internet address:
https www.acquisition.gov/vaar.
Subpart 852.2Text of Provisions and Clauses 6. Revise the heading for section 852.20370 to read as follows:

852.20370

Commercial Advertising.

7. Revise the heading for section 852.20470 to read as follows:

852.20470 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel.

8. Revise the heading for section 852.20770 to read as follows:

852.20770 Report of Employment under Commercial Activities.

9. Revise the heading for section 852.20970 to read as follows:

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