Buy American: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch
The First 100 Days: Deciphering Key Provisions in the Buy American Act for Government Contractors
Federal government contracts and grants require contractors to certify the delivery of domestic end products unless an exception applies. Domestic preference rules include the Buy American Act (BAA) and Trade Agreements Act...more
WHAT: On January 14, 2025, less than a week before President Biden left office, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a final rule updating its Buy America rules to rescind...more
With the goal of bolstering domestic U.S. manufacturers and supply chains, the Federal Government has announced revisions to the “Buy American” program that will pressure U.S. agencies and companies to work with domestic...more
Revised guidance takes effect on October 22, 2023 and will be supplemented by forthcoming memorandum - On August 23, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) published final Guidance for Grants and Agreements to...more
On August 14, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a pre-publication version of final guidance implementing the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA).The guidance adds a new Part 184 in 2 C.F.R. and...more
The Build America, Buy America Act generally requires that non-federal government infrastructure projects that benefit from federal government funding impose requirements for the use of domestic iron and steel and...more
In February, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed new Buy America regulations for Federal grants, to implement the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act signed into law on November 15, 2021. BABA required that...more
More than a year has passed since Congress enacted the Build America, Buy America Act (“BABA”)—a sweeping change to domestic sourcing requirements for federally funded infrastructure projects. BABA, which was included as part...more
While Buy America requirements are nothing new to the realm of federal procurement, the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly referred to as the “Uniform...more
Comments On The Proposal Must Be Filed By March 13, 2023 - Two days after President Biden’s State of the Union address announced that there would be “new standards to require all construction materials used in Federal...more
On February 9, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a proposed rule that would subject all federally funded infrastructure projects to domestic preference requirements that are materially similar to the Buy...more
WHAT: Following the State of the Union, in which President Biden reiterated the Administration’s focus on made-in-America infrastructure, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued proposed guidance aimed at...more
Numerous changes to the Buy American Act (“BAA”) have been proposed and implemented in recent years, with another one coming this week. Beginning today, on October 25, 2022, the domestic content requirement for components in...more
Despite the deep partisan divides that exist in Washington, there is one issue that both parties seem to agree on: strengthening “Buy American” preferences when using government funds. ...more
“Now, the next part is very important…” As scrutiny of domestic preference requirements increases in the wake of the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of...more
President Trump continues to push forward with his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative with the issuance of his third Executive Order No. 13881 (the “Order”) on July 15, 2019, entitled “Maximizing Use of American-Made...more
On July 15, 2019, President Trump signed his third Executive Order on the topic of buying American, “Executive Order on Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials.” ...more
President Donald Trump’s most recent effort to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States through proposed changes to and enforcement of the regulations implementing the Buy American Act...more