I. Background

This interim rule revises the DFARS to implement section 814(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. 112-81). Section 814(b) requires that the dollar limitation established in 10 U.S.C. 2253(a)(2) for the acquisition of right-hand drive passenger sedans be included on the list of dollar thresholds subject to inflation adjustment in accordance with the requirements of 41  U.S.C. 1908, and to adjust the threshold, as appropriate. 10 U.S.C. 253(a)(2) is based on section 101(b) of the Fiscal Year 1986 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 99-190). The threshold was previously amended from $12,000 per vehicle to $30,000 per vehicle in 1997 through section 805 of the Fiscal Year 1998 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105-85), enacted on November 18, 1997.