Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Distribution of Contract Financing Payments

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The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to specify that, when a contract contains multiple accounting classification reference numbers and a clause for progress payments, the contracting officer shall provide instructions to enable the paying office to distribute the progress payments in proportions that reasonably reflect the performance of work under the contract. This policy was originally scheduled for implementation on October 1, 1997; implementation has been delayed pending a more complete review of the resource implications of the Department's planned manner of distributing progress payments. This regulatory action was subject to Office of Management and Budget review under Executive Order 12866, dated September 30, 1993. The Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has determined that this is a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.