# Federal Acquisition Regulation; Permanent Authority for Use of Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2015-07-02 · Effective 2015-08-03 · 80 FR 38311
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-16216
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 38311
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 12
- **Publication date:** 2015-07-02
- **Effective date:** 2015-08-03
- **DOD docket:** FAC 2005-83
## Abstract

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015 that makes permanent the authority to issue solicitations using special simplified procedures for acquisition of certain commercial items.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/07/02/2015-16216/federal-acquisition-regulation-permanent-authority-for-use-of-simplified-acquisition-procedures-for)
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