# [Amended]
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Final rule.
**SUMMARY:**
DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update references and the list of Army contracting activities.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* November 24, 2008.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ms. Michele Peterson, Defense Acquisition Regulations System, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP (DARS), IMD 3D139, 3062 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3062. Telephone 703-602-0311; facsimile 703-602-7887.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This final rule amends DFARS text as follows:
○ *201.201-1* . Updates the reference to the DoD publication addressing the operation of the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council.
○ *202.101* . Updates the list of Army contracting activities.
○ *213.301* . Updates the Web link to the DoD Government charge card guidebook.
○ *215.404-71-4* . Updates cross-references.
**List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 213, and 215**
Government procurement.
Michele P. Peterson,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
**48 CFR Part 201**
Therefore, 48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 213, and 215 are amended as follows:
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR Parts 201, 202, 213, and 215 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR Chapter 1.
**48 CFR Part 201**
**PART 201—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM**
201.201-1
2. Section 201.201-1 is amended in paragraph (c) by removing “DoDI 5000.63” and adding in its place “DoD Instruction 5000.35”.
**48 CFR Part 202**
**PART 202—DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS**
3. Section 202.101 is amended in the definition of “Contracting activity” by revising the list with the heading “ARMY” to read as follows:
202.101
**Army**
Headquarters, U.S. Army Contracting Command
Joint Contracting Command—Iraq/Afghanistan
National Guard Bureau
Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
U.S. Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command
U.S. Army Medical Command
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command
U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
U.S. Army Sustainment Command
U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Life Cycle Management Command
**48 CFR Part 213**
**PART 213—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES**
213.301
4. Section 213.301 is amended in paragraph (4), in the first sentence, by removing *http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pcard/pcardguidebook.htm* and adding in its place *http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/pc/docs/dod_charge_card_guide_20080819.doc* .
**48 CFR Part 215**
**PART 215—CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION**
215.404-71-4
5. Section 215.404-71-4 is amended in paragraph (e)(1) as follows:
a. By removing “paragraph (c)” and adding in its place “paragraph (f)”; and
b. By removing “paragraph (d)” and adding in its place “paragraph (g)”.