# [Amended]
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Final rule.
**SUMMARY:**
DoD is making a technical amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide a needed editorial change.
**DATES:**
Effective February 24, 2021.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ms. Jennifer D. Johnson, Defense Acquisition Regulations System, OUSD(A&S)DPC(DARS), Room 3B938, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3060. Telephone 571-372-6100.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This final rule amends the DFARS to update a reference at DFARS 225.872-7 to remove a reference to DoD Industrial Security Regulation DoD 5220.22-R and replace it with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), 32 CFR part 117. On December 21, 2020, DoD issued a final rule in the *Federal Register* at 85 FR 83300 to codify the NISPOM in the regulations. This change becomes effective February 24, 2021. Accordingly, this DFARS reference is being updated to incorporate this change.
**List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 225**
Government procurement.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
Therefore, 48 CFR part 225 is amended as follows:
**PART 225—FOREIGN ACQUISITION**
**48 CFR Part 225**
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR part 225 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.
225.872-7
**48 CFR Part 225**
2. Amend section 225.872-7 by removing “DoD Industrial Security Regulation DoD 5220.22-R” and adding “National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, 32 CFR part 117” in its place.