# Federal Acquisition Regulation: Removal of Obsolete Definitions
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2020-10-23 · Effective 2020-11-23 · 85 FR 67615
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-21696
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 67615
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2020-10-23
- **Effective date:** 2020-11-23
- **DOD docket:** FAC 2021-02
## Abstract

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to remove the definitions of the terms "annual receipts" and "number of employees" in the regulations regarding small business programs and to move the definition of "affiliates," as used with regard to small business size determination, to appropriate locations in the FAR.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/23/2020-21696/federal-acquisition-regulation-removal-of-obsolete-definitions)
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