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DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) to implement section 897 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. Section 897 provides that contracts executed by DoD as a result of the transfer of contracts from the General Services Administration or for which DoD serves as an item manager for products on behalf of the General Services Administration shall not be subject to the requirements under 10 U.S.C. chapter 148 (National Defense Technology and Industrial Base, Defense Investment, and Defense Conversion), to the extent that such contracts are for the purchase of products by other Federal agencies or State or local governments. DoD proposes to amend DFARS 225.7002-2, which implements 10 U.S.C. 2533a (Berry Amendment), to include an exception in a new paragraph (o) to implement section 897.  DoD does not anticipate frequent application of this rule; therefore, DoD does not expect this rule to have a substantial economic impact on a significant number of small entities.