[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14547-14548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6742]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
48 CFR Chapter 14
RIN 1076-AE95
Tribal Consultation on Draft Buy Indian Act Regulations
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meetings.
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SUMMARY: Indian Affairs will conduct consultation meetings with Indian
tribes to obtain oral and written comments concerning draft regulations
to implement the Buy Indian Act. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice for details.
DATES: The tribal consultation meetings will take place on Monday,
April 26, 2010; Wednesday, April 28, 2010; and Friday, April 30, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Daum, Director, Indian Affairs,
Office of Acquisition and Property Management (OAPM), 2051 Mercator
Drive, Reston, VA 20191; Telephone: (703) 390-6460; Fax: (703) 390-
6582; E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Indian Affairs is developing a rule to guide implementation of the
Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47, which provides authority to set aside
procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. The rule
will supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the
Department of the Interior Acquisition Regulations (DIAR). Indian
Affairs is developing the rule to describe uniform administrative
procedures that Indian Affairs will use in all of its locations to
encourage procurement relationships with eligible Indian economic
enterprises in the execution of the Buy Indian Act. The draft rule
being developed includes revisions to address the input received as a
result of earlier publications in the Federal Register soliciting
comment and consultation hearings in Indian Country. Indian Affairs
reviewed all comments received to date, addressed them in succeeding
draft versions, and incorporated them into the current draft version of
the rule, where applicable. A consultation booklet containing the
current draft version of the rule will be distributed to federally
recognized Indian tribes and BIA regional and agency offices and will
be available at the meetings.
II. Meeting Details
Tribal consultation meetings will be held at the following dates
and locations:
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Date Time Location
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Monday, April 26, 2010.......................... 9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... Holiday Inn Portland
Airport, 8439 NE Columbia
Blvd., Portland, OR 97220,
(503) 914-5251.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010....................... 9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza
505, North Fifth Street,
Rapid City, SD 57701, (605)
348-8000.
Friday, April 30, 2010.......................... 9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... Tulsa Marriott Southern
Hills, 1902 East 71st,
Tulsa, OK 74136, (918) 493-
7000.
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Dated: March 18, 2010.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-6742 Filed 3-25-10; 8:45 am]
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