A.  Summary of Changes to the FAR

1. The definition of "biobased product" is revised at FAR 2.101.

2. A prohibition against agencies collecting more data than typically would be provided by other entities (other than data confirming the biobased content) was added to FAR 11.302.

3. The clause at FAR 52.223-2, Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts, is amended to require annual reporting by the contractor of the types and dollar value of any U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-designated biobased products purchased during the preceding fiscal year on the contract.

4. References to the USDA's BioPreferred Program are updated to conform to the agency's relocation of the program's rules in the Code of Federal Regulations (see 76 FR 53631 dated August 29, 2011).

5. USDA established a blanket exemption for all USDA-designated biobased items from the Biopreferred Program's requirements for procurements involving combat or combat-related missions and for spacecraft systems and launch support equipment (see 73 FR 27953 dated May 14, 2008). FAR 23.404(b)(2) and 52.223-2(a)(2) are updated to conform to the blanket exemption.