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The Long-Standing Waiver for Manufactured Products from FHWA’s Buy America Requirements is Phasing Out

Amidst the flurry of tariff threats swirling around the world, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is terminating the waiver known as the Manufactured Products General Waiver from the Buy America requirements found in...more

Nossaman LLP

FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for Manufactured Products

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On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a new final rule to end its longstanding waiver of Buy America requirements for “manufactured products” used in Federal-aid highway projects....more

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FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for “Manufactured Products”

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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

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Federal Highway Administration Rescinds Longstanding Waiver for Manufactured Products

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On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the end of its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products. The new FHWA rule aligns the FHWA requirements for manufactured...more

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FHWA to Eliminate Buy America Manufactured Products Waiver for Federally-Assisted Highway Projects

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On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule discontinuing its longstanding Buy America waiver for manufactured products used in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Top 10 Takeaways from OMB’s “Build America, Buy America” Guidance for Infrastructure Projects

On August 23, 2023, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued its notification of final guidance implementing Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”) – the Build America, Buy...more

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FAR Council Tightens Buy American Act Requirements

Earlier this month, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) issued a final rule tightening the Buy American Act preference for domestic products and construction materials. The final rule makes only limited...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Buy American Final Rule Ups the Domestic Content Ante

The Biden Administration continues to advance its Made in America policy priorities through amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) implementing the Buy American Act (BAA). The latest such amendment, a final...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Significant Buy American Amendments Are Here

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council recently issued a final rule that implements the requirements of the Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials Executive Order. As discussed below, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

“Buy (More) American” – Final Rule Implements Changes to the Buy American Act Regulations

On January 19, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council published the final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order 13881, “Maximizing Use of...more

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