252.225-7036  Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program.

5. Amend section 252.225-7036 as follows:

a. Remove the clause date "(DEC 2010)" and add in its place "(OCT 2011)";

b. In paragraph (a), remove the numbers preceding the definitions and revise the definition for "Qualifying country end product";

c. In Alternate I, revise the clause date, revise the introductory text, and, in paragraph (a), remove the number preceding the definition; and

d. In Alternates II and III, remove the clause date "(DEC 2010)" and add in its place "(OCT 2011)" and in paragraph (a), remove the numbers preceding the definitions.

252.225-7036  Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements-Balance of Payments Program.

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(a) * * *

Qualifying country end product means-

(i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a qualifying country; or

(ii) An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if-

(A) The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components:

(1) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying country.

(2) Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.

(3) Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or

(B) The end product is a COTS item.

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ALTERNATE I (OCT 2011)

As prescribed in 225.1101(11)(i)(B), add the following definition to paragraph (a) and substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause:

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[FR Doc. 2011-25234 Filed 10-3-11; 8:45 am]

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