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DOD/DARC RIN: 0750-AG57 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Restriction on Ball and Roller Bearings (DFARS Case 2006-D029) 
Abstract: Revised the domestic source restriction on acquisition of ball and roller bearings. The current Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) restriction on ball and roller bearings requires that the bearings and the main bearing components be wholly manufactured in the United States or Canada. This requirement was based on a restriction that expired on October 1, 2005. The final rule, which implemented the DoD annual appropriations act domestic source restrictions, required that each ball or roller bearing be manufactured in the United States, its oulying areas, or Canada, and that the cost of the bearing components manufactured in the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada, shall exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the bearing components of the ball or roller bearing. This restriction does not apply to the acquisition of commercial items, either as components or end products, unless the commercial bearings themselves are purchased as the end products. Generally, the economic impact is considered to be positive because the rule allows more flexibility to domestic bearings manufacturers in the acquisition of nondomestic components. Many of the bearing components that are being outsourced are no longer readily available from domestic sources. If this rule were not implemented, there would be no requirement to manufacture such bearings in the United States or Canada, or provide predominantly domestic components. 
Agency: Department of Defense(DOD)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 225   
Legal Authority: 41 USC 421   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/07/2010  75 FR 25167   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/06/2010    
Final Action  12/08/2010  75 FR 76297   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Ynette Shelkin
Department of Defense
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council
3060 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301
Phone:571 372-6089
Email: ynette.shelkin@osd.mil