B. Other Changes

The final rule at DFARS 216.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(i) is revised to clarify that the authority to make any determination authorized by FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1) shall not be delegated below the level of the senior procurement executive. Previously, this limitation on the delegation of approval authority only applied to determinations made because it was necessary in the public interest to award the contract to a single source due to exceptional circumstances, and these determinations had to be reported to Congress. Since the statue and the resultant interim rule expand the reporting requirement to require that any determination made under FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(1) be reported to Congress, the limitation on delegation of approval authority is revised to be commensurate with the expanded reporting requirement.