# Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items.
**AGENCIES:**
Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendments.
**SUMMARY:**
This document contains corrections to the final rule which was published in the *Federal Register* of Wednesday, November 2, 2011 (76 FR 68039). The final rule amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the definitions of “Caribbean Basin country” and “designated country” due to the change in status of the islands that comprised the Netherlands Antilles.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* December 9, 2011.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ms. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, at (202) 219-0202, for clarification of content. Contact the Regulatory Secretariat, at 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417, or (202) 501-4755, for information pertaining to status or publication schedules. Please cite FAC 2005-54; Correction.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
DoD, GSA, and NASA published a final rule, FAR Case 2011-014, Successor Entities to the Netherlands Antilles, in the *Federal Register* of Wednesday, November 2, 2011 (76 FR 68039). The rule amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by revising the definitions of “Caribbean Basin country” and “designated country” due to the change in status of the islands that comprised the Netherlands Antilles.
**Need for Correction**
As published, the regulations contain technical errors in the promulgated rule.
**List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 52**
Government procurement.
Accordingly, 48 CFR part 52 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:
**48 CFR Part 52**
**PART 52—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES**
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR part 52 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c).
**48 CFR Part 52**
2. Amend section 52.212-5 by—
a. Revising paragraph (b)(39); and
b. Removing from paragraph (b)(40) “(Aug 09)” and adding “(Nov 2011)” in its place.
The revised text reads as follows:
52.212-5
(b) * * *
__ (39)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act (June 2009) (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, Pub. L. 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, and 110-138).
__ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2004) of 52.225-3.
__ (iii) Alternate II (Jan 2004) of 52.225-3.
Dated: December 5, 2011.
Laura Auletta,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.