Department of Defense January 31, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive patent license with a joint ownership agreement to UNM Rainforest Innovations (f/k/a STC.UNM), an organization having the primary function of managing inventions on behalf of the University of New Mexico (see 37 CFR 401.14(k)), having a place of business at 101 Broadway Blvd., NE, Suite 1100, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102.

The DoD is announcing the 2023 rent threshold under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Applying the inflation adjustment, the maximum monthly rental amount as of January 1, 2023, is $9,106.46.

DoD is issuing an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 that restricts the acquisition of personal protective equipment and certain other items from the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 that makes amendments regarding the treatment of independent research and development expenditures and requires the Defense Contract Audit Agency to provide an annual report to Congress on independent research and development and bid and proposal expenditures associated with awarded DoD contracts for the prior Government fiscal year.