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DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to clarify the entity to which Summary Subcontract Reports (SSRs) are to be submitted and the entity that acknowledges receipt of, or rejects, SSRs in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS).  The SSR is used to collect prime contractors and subcontractor subcontract award data for a specific Federal Government agency when the prime or subcontractor: (a) holds one or more contracts over $700,000 (over $1,500,000 for construction of a public facility); and (b) is required to report subcontracts awarded to various types of small business. under a subcontracting plan with the Federal Government. Currently, the contractors submit the SSR to the various individual DoD components with which they have contracts. As a result of this rule, contractors with individual subcontracting plans will submit a single, consolidated SSR in eSRS at the DoD-level, which will be acknowledged or rejected in eSRS at the DoD-level.  These revisions will bring DFARS into compliance with the requirement for a consolidated SSR in the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan.  This rule will also have a positive impact on contractors, because they will be able to submit a single consolidated SSR to DoD, instead of multiple SSRs to DoD components.