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Department of Veterans Affairs
Acquisition Regulation: ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned and VeteranOwned Small Business Status Protests
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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This document adopts as a
final rule, without change, the interim
final rule published in the Federal
Register on September 30, 2013. This
document implements a portion of the
Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and
Information Technology Act of 2006,
which requires the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) to verify
ownership and control of Veteranowned small businesses (VOSBs),
including service-disabled Veteranowned small businesses (SDVOSBs), in
order for these firms to participate in
SUMMARY:
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VA acquisitions set asides for SDVOSB/
VOSBs. Specifically, VA amends its
adjudication procedures for SDVOSB
and VOSB status protests, to provide
that VA’s Director, Center for
Verification and Evaluation (CVE), shall
initially adjudicate SDVOSB and VOSB
status protests, and to provide that
protested businesses, if they are denied
status, may appeal to VA’s Executive
Director, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU). SDVOSB/VOSB status
protests occur when during a particular
SDVOSB/VOSB set aside acquisition, a
competing vendor in acquisition
challenges the status of the putative
awardee as an actual SDVOSB or VOSB,
as applicable. Additionally, VA amends
the title of CVE from the Center for
Veterans Enterprise to the Center for
Verification and Evaluation, to more
appropriately represent the function of
this office.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is
effective March 10, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Duckett-Moody, Senior
Procurement Analysis (003A2A),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 425 I
ST. NW., Washington, DC 20001, (202)
632–5319. (This is not a toll free
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 30, 2013, VA published in
the Federal Register (78 FR 59861) an
interim final rule that revised the
interim adjudication procedures for
SDVOSB and VOSB status protests to
provide that VA’s Director of CVE shall
initially adjudicate SDVOSB and VOSB
status protests and to provide that either
the protesting party or the protested
business may appeal the Director of
CVE’s decision to the Executive Director
of OSDBU. In addition, the interim final
rule described procedures used by both
VA’s Director of CVE and the Executive
Director of OSDBU to use in status
protest and appeals of status protests.
As noted in the preamble to the interim
final rule, VA has concluded that it will
not utilize the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) to consider and
decide VA SDVOSB and VOSB status
protests on behalf of VA because this
program is founded in Title 38 of the
U.S. Code, solely applicable to VA
acquisitions, and VA has developed
appropriate internal expertise in
adjudicating SDVOSB/VOSB status
protests.
We provided a 60-day comment
period that ended on November 29,
2013. We received one comment. The
commenter discussed the SBA’s view
expressed in the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) bid protest
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case Latvian Connection LLC, (GAO
Case Number B–408633) that under 15
U.S.C. 644(j)(1) and 13 CFR 125.2(f)(1)
there is an automatic small business setaside requirement imposed even where
the competition takes place outside of
the United States. This comment
addressed an issue that is beyond the
scope of the request for comments.
Therefore, we make no changes based
on this comment. Based on the rationale
set forth in the interim final rule, we
adopt the interim final rule as a final
rule without change.
Administrative Procedure Act
This document affirms the
amendments in the interim final rule
that is already in effect. In accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and (d)(3), the
Secretary of VA concluded that there
was good cause to dispense with
advance public notice and the
opportunity to comment on this rule,
and also good cause to publish this rule
with an immediate effective date. VA
provided that the Executive Director,
OSDBU, shall consider and decide
SDVOSB and VOSB status protests until
VA and SBA executed an interagency
agreement for SBA to consider and
decide SDVOSB and VOSB status
protests. For the reasons stated in 78 FR
59861, that VA has developed the
necessary expertise to administer a
SDVOSB/VOSB set aside program,
including associated status protests,
enacted in statute solely applicable to
VA, we have determined that
adjudication of SDVOSB and VOSB
status protests shall remain within VA.
Therefore, we are adopting as final the
interim provision to provide that the
Director, CVE, shall initially adjudicate
SDVOSB and VOSB status protests and
to provide that either the protester or
the protested business may appeal the
Director, CVE, decision to the Executive
Director, OSDBU. Thus, the final rule
continues to authorize an administrative
appeal at the agency level, where the
lack thereof had been criticized in Miles
Construction, LLC v. United States, 108
Fed. Cl. 792 (2013), as not providing a
party adequate due process and the
opportunity to be heard at a meaningful
time in a meaningful manner.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Secretary hereby certifies that
this final rule will 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. 601–612. The final arbiter
of VA SDVOSB and VOSB status
protests remains the Executive Director,
OSDBU, as previously promulgated. The
main change is that the Secretary has
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determined that SBA should not be
involved in VA SDVOSB or VOSB status
protests because these status protests are
solely associated with title 38 SDVOSB
and VOSB set-aside acquisitions where
SDVOSB or VOSB status is to be
determined by the Secretary pursuant to
38 U.S.C. 8127(f). On this basis, the
Secretary certifies that the adoption of
this final rule will 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. 601–612. Therefore, under
5 U.S.C. 605(b), this rulemaking is
exempt from the initial and final
regulatory flexibility analysis
requirements of sections 603 and 604.
Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, requires that
agencies prepare an assessment of
anticipated costs and benefits before
issuing any rule that may result in an
expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more
(adjusted annually for inflation) in any
one year. This final rule will have no
such effect on State, local, and tribal
governments, or on the private sector.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains no collections
of information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3521).
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
direct agencies to assess the costs and
benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, when regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, and other advantages;
distributive impacts; and equity).
Executive Order 13563 (Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review)
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility. Executive Order
12866 (Regulatory Planning and
Review) defines a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ requiring review by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), unless OMB waives such
review, as ‘‘any regulatory action that is
likely to result in a rule that may: (1)
Have an annual effect on the economy
of $100 million or more or adversely
affect in a material way the economy, a
sector of the economy, productivity,
competition, jobs, the environment,
public health or safety, or State, local,
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or tribal governments or communities;
(2) Create a serious inconsistency or
otherwise interfere with an action taken
or planned by another agency; (3)
Materially alter the budgetary impact of
entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan
programs or the rights and obligations of
recipients thereof; or (4) Raise novel
legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President’s priorities, or
the principles set forth in this Executive
Order.’’
The economic, interagency,
budgetary, legal, and policy
implications of this regulatory action
have been examined, and it has been
determined not to be a significant
regulatory action under Executive Order
12866. VA’s impact analysis can be
found as a supporting document at
https://www.regulations.gov, usually
within 48 hours after the rulemaking
document is published. Additionally, a
copy of the rulemaking and its impact
analysis are available on VA’s Web site
at https://www.va.gov/orpm/, by
following the link for VA Regulations
Published from FY 2004 to FYTD.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
There is no Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance number or title for
this program.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose
D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on March 2, 2015, for
publication.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 819
Administrative practice and
procedure, Government procurement,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Small businesses,
Veterans.
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Dated: March 5, 2015.
Michael P. Shores,
Chief, Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation
Policy & Management, Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Accordingly, VA adopts the interim
final rule amending 48 CFR part 819,
which was published in the Federal
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30, 2013, as a final rule without change.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2015–0007;
4500030113]
RIN 1018–BA73
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Taxonomy of the Hawaiian
Monk Seal
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), are amending
the List of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife to reflect the scientifically
accepted taxonomy and nomenclature of
the Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus
schauinslandi (=Monachus
schauinslandi)). This amendment is
based on a previously published
determination by the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of
Commerce, which has jurisdiction for
this species.
DATES: This rule is effective March 10,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Higgins, NMFS, Pacific Islands Regional
Office, (808) 725–5151; or Marta
Nammack, NMFS, Office of Protected
Resources, (301) 427–8469.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and Reorganization
Plan No. 4 of 1970 (35 FR 15627;
October 6, 1970), NMFS has jurisdiction
over the Hawaiian monk seal.
On November 17, 2014, NMFS
published a direct final rule (79 FR
68371) to announce the revised
taxonomy of the Hawaiian monk seal.
Because NMFS did not receive any
adverse comments during the first 30
days of the direct final rule’s comment
period, that direct final rule’s effective
date is January 16, 2015. Please refer to
that rule for information on the
taxonomy of the Hawaiian monk seal.
SUMMARY:
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While NMFS has jurisdiction over the
Hawaiian monk seal, we are responsible
for updating the List of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife (List) in title 50 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at
50 CFR 17.11(h). This final rule is an
administrative action to adopt the
change already published by NMFS.
This action ensures that the List shows
the Hawaiian monk seal’s most recently
accepted scientific name in accordance
with 50 CFR 17.11(b).
Administrative Procedure Act
Because NMFS provided a public
comment period on the direct final rule
to update the taxonomy and
nomenclature of the Hawaiian monk
seal, and because this action of the
Service to amend the List in accordance
with the determination by NMFS is
nondiscretionary, the Service finds good
cause that the notice and public
comment procedures of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)
are unnecessary for this action. We also
find good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3)
to make this rule effective immediately.
This rule is an administrative action to
reflect the scientifically accepted
taxonomy and nomenclature of the
Hawaiian monk seal in the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife at
50 CFR 17.11(h). The public would not
be served by delaying the effective date
of this rulemaking action.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
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Exports, Imports, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements,
Transportation.
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Accordingly, we amend part 17,
subchapter B of chapter I, title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth
below:
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1. The authority citation for part 17
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1544; 4201–4245, unless otherwise noted.
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entry for ‘‘Seal, Hawaiian monk’’ under
MAMMALS in the List of Endangered
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
48 CFR Part 819
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Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation: Service-
Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Status Protests
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document adopts as a final rule, without change, the
interim final rule published in the Federal Register on September 30,
2013. This document implements a portion of the Veterans Benefits,
Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, which requires the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to verify ownership and control of
Veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs), including service-disabled
Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), in order for these firms to
participate in
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VA acquisitions set asides for SDVOSB/VOSBs. Specifically, VA amends
its adjudication procedures for SDVOSB and VOSB status protests, to
provide that VA's Director, Center for Verification and Evaluation
(CVE), shall initially adjudicate SDVOSB and VOSB status protests, and
to provide that protested businesses, if they are denied status, may
appeal to VA's Executive Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU). SDVOSB/VOSB status protests occur when
during a particular SDVOSB/VOSB set aside acquisition, a competing
vendor in acquisition challenges the status of the putative awardee as
an actual SDVOSB or VOSB, as applicable. Additionally, VA amends the
title of CVE from the Center for Veterans Enterprise to the Center for
Verification and Evaluation, to more appropriately represent the
function of this office.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective March 10, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Duckett-Moody, Senior
Procurement Analysis (003A2A), Department of Veterans Affairs, 425 I
ST. NW., Washington, DC 20001, (202) 632-5319. (This is not a toll free
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 2013, VA published in the
Federal Register (78 FR 59861) an interim final rule that revised the
interim adjudication procedures for SDVOSB and VOSB status protests to
provide that VA's Director of CVE shall initially adjudicate SDVOSB and
VOSB status protests and to provide that either the protesting party or
the protested business may appeal the Director of CVE's decision to the
Executive Director of OSDBU. In addition, the interim final rule
described procedures used by both VA's Director of CVE and the
Executive Director of OSDBU to use in status protest and appeals of
status protests. As noted in the preamble to the interim final rule, VA
has concluded that it will not utilize the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) to consider and decide VA SDVOSB and VOSB status
protests on behalf of VA because this program is founded in Title 38 of
the U.S. Code, solely applicable to VA acquisitions, and VA has
developed appropriate internal expertise in adjudicating SDVOSB/VOSB
status protests.
We provided a 60-day comment period that ended on November 29,
2013. We received one comment. The commenter discussed the SBA's view
expressed in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protest
case Latvian Connection LLC, (GAO Case Number B-408633) that under 15
U.S.C. 644(j)(1) and 13 CFR 125.2(f)(1) there is an automatic small
business set-aside requirement imposed even where the competition takes
place outside of the United States. This comment addressed an issue
that is beyond the scope of the request for comments. Therefore, we
make no changes based on this comment. Based on the rationale set forth
in the interim final rule, we adopt the interim final rule as a final
rule without change.
Administrative Procedure Act
This document affirms the amendments in the interim final rule that
is already in effect. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and (d)(3),
the Secretary of VA concluded that there was good cause to dispense
with advance public notice and the opportunity to comment on this rule,
and also good cause to publish this rule with an immediate effective
date. VA provided that the Executive Director, OSDBU, shall consider
and decide SDVOSB and VOSB status protests until VA and SBA executed an
interagency agreement for SBA to consider and decide SDVOSB and VOSB
status protests. For the reasons stated in 78 FR 59861, that VA has
developed the necessary expertise to administer a SDVOSB/VOSB set aside
program, including associated status protests, enacted in statute
solely applicable to VA, we have determined that adjudication of SDVOSB
and VOSB status protests shall remain within VA. Therefore, we are
adopting as final the interim provision to provide that the Director,
CVE, shall initially adjudicate SDVOSB and VOSB status protests and to
provide that either the protester or the protested business may appeal
the Director, CVE, decision to the Executive Director, OSDBU. Thus, the
final rule continues to authorize an administrative appeal at the
agency level, where the lack thereof had been criticized in Miles
Construction, LLC v. United States, 108 Fed. Cl. 792 (2013), as not
providing a party adequate due process and the opportunity to be heard
at a meaningful time in a meaningful manner.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule will 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. 601-
612. The final arbiter of VA SDVOSB and VOSB status protests remains
the Executive Director, OSDBU, as previously promulgated. The main
change is that the Secretary has determined that SBA should not be
involved in VA SDVOSB or VOSB status protests because these status
protests are solely associated with title 38 SDVOSB and VOSB set-aside
acquisitions where SDVOSB or VOSB status is to be determined by the
Secretary pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8127(f). On this basis, the Secretary
certifies that the adoption of this final rule will 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. 601-
612. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 605(b), this rulemaking is exempt from
the initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis requirements of
sections 603 and 604.
Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, at 2 U.S.C. 1532,
requires that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs and
benefits before issuing any rule that may result in an expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for
inflation) in any one year. This final rule will have no such effect on
State, local, and tribal governments, or on the private sector.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains no collections of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521).
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess the
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, when
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, and other advantages; distributive impacts;
and equity). Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review) emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility.
Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) defines a
``significant regulatory action'' requiring review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), unless OMB waives such review, as ``any
regulatory action that is likely to result in a rule that may: (1) Have
an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely
affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy,
productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or
safety, or State, local,
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or tribal governments or communities; (2) Create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by
another agency; (3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of
entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and
obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) Raise novel legal or policy
issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or
the principles set forth in this Executive Order.''
The economic, interagency, budgetary, legal, and policy
implications of this regulatory action have been examined, and it has
been determined not to be a significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866. VA's impact analysis can be found as a
supporting document at https://www.regulations.gov, usually within 48
hours after the rulemaking document is published. Additionally, a copy
of the rulemaking and its impact analysis are available on VA's Web
site at https://www.va.gov/orpm/, by following the link for VA
Regulations Published from FY 2004 to FYTD.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
There is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number or title
for this program.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose D.
Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on March 2, 2015, for publication.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 819
Administrative practice and procedure, Government procurement,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Small businesses, Veterans.
Dated: March 5, 2015.
Michael P. Shores,
Chief, Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Accordingly, VA adopts the interim final rule amending 48 CFR part
819, which was published in the Federal Register at 78 FR 59861 on
September 30, 2013, as a final rule without change.
[FR Doc. 2015-05505 Filed 3-9-15; 8:45 am]
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