252.225-7044  Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material.

17. Amend section 252.225-7044 by revising the introductory text; revising the clause date and adding Alternate I at the end of the section to read as follows:

252.225-7044  Balance of Payments Program--Construction Material.

As prescribed in 225.7503(a)(1), use the following clause:

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ALTERNATE I (DEC 2010)

As prescribed in 225.7503(a)(2), add the following definitions to paragraph (a) and replace the phrase "domestic construction material" in the second sentence of paragraph (b) with the phrase "domestic construction material or SC/CASA state construction material."

"South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state" means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.

"SC/CASA state construction material" means construction material that--

(i) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of an SC/CASA state; or

(ii) In the case of a construction material that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in an SC/CASA state into a new and different construction material distinct from the material from which it was transformed.