Four DFARS origin rules queued, reports due by Dec 12

The Open DFARS Cases list dated 2026-10-16 carries four cases whose status is a team tasked to draft a proposed rule. Case 2022-D011, Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (10 U.S.C. 4873): "09/30/2026 DARC Director tasked" a team "to draft proposed DFARS rule. Report due 10/21/2026." Case 2024-D010, Restrictions on Certain Aerospace-Grade Metals: tasked 01/24/2024, "Report due 03/27/2024. Report due date extended to 10/21/2026." Case 2024-D011, Limitation on Procurement of Certain Batteries (10 U.S.C. 4865): tasked 01/24/2024, "Report due 04/03/2024. Report due date extended to 12/12/2026." Case 2023-D003, Procurement Requirements for Rare Earth Elements and Strategic Critical Materials, concerns disclosure requirements for systems with permanent magnets containing rare earth elements or strategic and critical materials. Its proposed-rule drafting report is due 2026-11-18, extended from 2023-04-05 after a 2023-01-25 tasking. In this watch, status Proposed covers an open rulemaking case as well as a published proposed rule.

DIBBSFlow's reading, from the source above, checked 2026-10-21.

each of these is a case at the proposed-rule drafting stage on DoD's own list, with a report date, and the list gives no effective date for any of them. Three of the four show report dates extended from 2023 or 2024; the printed circuit board case shows a 2026-09-30 tasking. If you deliver items that hold printed circuit boards, aerospace-grade metals, batteries or permanent magnets, these are the case numbers to find on the next update of the list.

• 2026-10-21: added to the watch; source opened 2026-10-21.
• 2026-10-21: held, Codex returned FIX; gate run 2026-10-21.
• 2026-10-21: capture extended to every passage the item rests on and body rewritten to the capture; status restored from Held.
• 2026-10-21: title shortened to a plain headline (Tony's review of the live cards); facts that left the title stay in What changed.