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Six Essential Tips for Navigating Buy American Compliance in Government Contracts

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In celebration of the release of the 6th Edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are sharing six essential tips for understanding and navigating Buy American compliance in government contracts. These...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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Resetting the “Buy American” Waiver List: Federal Government Slashes Exceptions to Domestic Procurement

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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Domestic Preference Development: New DFARS Buy American Act Requirements

In 2024 the White House continues to place an emphasis on the U.S. Government’s longstanding domestic purchase preferences. The latest update implementing the domestic purchase preference is the Department of Defense’s Final...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Buy American Act Requirements Updates: Changes to Department of Defense Unique ‎Requirements

On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14005, “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers.” The order contemplated a series of actions to maximize consumption of domestic...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

OMB Issues Final Guidance for Buy America Preference

Almost a year to the day after the Build America Buy America Act (BABA) became law, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published its “Final Guidance for Grants and Agreements” intended to implement BABA’s...more

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Final Buy America Act Guidance Issued

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The White House issued final guidance this week governing the procurement preferences required by the Build America, Buy America Act, or BABA, for infrastructure projects. In addition to providing definitions for key terms...more

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DoD Issues Proposed Rule to Address Domestic Preferences for Defense Contracts

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On June 9, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a proposed rule to address domestic preferences – the Buy American Act – in DoD procurements. The proposed rule follows updates to the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2023 - Buy American – Treatment of Preferences in the Federal Acquisition Regulations

This article provides an overview of federal procurement laws and how the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) implement some of those commitments in government contracts. The FAR, found under 48 C.F.R. Part 25, comprises...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

OMB Proposes Revisions to Guidance Supporting the Implementation of IIJA’s Build America, Buy America Act Provisions

Funding provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is conditioned on complying with domestic content requirements. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed new regulations to implement...more

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OMB Proposes New Regulatory Guidance On “Buy America Preferences For Infrastructure Projects”

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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

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Buy American Act Content Requirements Are Tightening Again, Are You Prepared?

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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

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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

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With Just a Little Ado: Significant Buy American Changes Are Coming Before Halloween

Regardless of whether they were eagerly anticipated or begrudgingly unavoidable, the changes promised to the Buy American Act (BAA) early last year have at last arrived, or at least are quickly approaching. On March 4, 2022,...more

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Biden Administration Issues Updated Federal Acquisition Regulation Buy American Act Requirements

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October 25, 2022 Effective Date Provides A “Grace Period” To Affected Industries To Come Into Compliance With Stricter Non-Iron/Non-Steel Domestic Content Standards In Federal Procurement - On March 7, 2022, the Department...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

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Biden Administration Amends “Buy American” Rules to Increase Domestic Content Requirements

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On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council promulgated a final rule aimed at increasing federal government preferences for goods and construction materials that are domestically manufactured and increasing...more

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Final Rule Increases Compliance Obligations Under the Buy American Act

The FAR Council’s final rule makes changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that will materialize over the next decade. Contractors will have until October 25, 2022 to comply with a 60 percent domestic content...more

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More Changes to Buy American Act

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WHAT: As previewed in our prior alert, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council on March 7, 2022 issued a final rule aimed at strengthening Buy American rules applicable to federal procurement. The final rule, which...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Few Surprises – New Rule Implementing Biden’s “Made in America” Changes the Buy American Act Effective October 2022

Over a year after the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14005 on “Ensuring the Future is Made in America by All of America’s Workers,” (discussed previously here) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR...more

White & Case LLP

Biden Administration Increases Domestic Content Requirements under Buy American Act, Enhances Price Preferences for Domestic...

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On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) published a final rule that increases domestic content requirements for Federal government procurements governed by the Buy American Act (BAA). The...more

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Final Rule Changes Buy American Requirements for Federal Contractors

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On 7 March 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) published a final rule implementing changes to “Buy American” requirements for federal contractors. The final rule largely mirrors a proposed rule...more

Jenner & Block

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2021 Issue 18

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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Proposed Rule For Tightening Buy American Act Restrictions

We previously commented on one aspect of the Trump Administration’s America-First policies that the Biden Administration has embraced wholeheartedly: doubling down on domestic preferences in Federal procurements. Consistent...more

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Buy American Baby Steps: FAR Council Publishes Proposed Rule Implementing Part of President Biden’s Executive Order

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The FAR Council recently published its proposed rule to implement a part of President Biden’s January 28, 2021 Executive Order No. 14005 (EO 14005), which dictated certain revisions to the Buy American Act (BAA) regulations....more

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