FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.14
FAR 22.1401 Policy.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section states the policy that contractors and subcontractors with contracts subject to the Act must take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities, engage in outreach and recruitment, and annually compare their workforce utilization to a goal set by the Secretary of Labor. It matters because it establishes the basic obligations for disability employment under these contracts.
Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors with contracts subject to the Act
What it requires
- Take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities
- Treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on disability
- Undertake appropriate outreach and positive recruitment activities
- Compare utilization of individuals with disabilities to the utilization goal annually
Key terms: affirmative action · qualified individuals with disabilities · outreach and positive recruitment · utilization goal · Secretary of Labor
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Contractors and subcontractors, when entering into contracts and subcontracts subject to the Act, are required to—
(a) Take affirmative action to employ, and advance in employment, qualified individuals with disabilities, and to otherwise treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their physical or mental disability;
(b) Undertake appropriate outreach and positive recruitment activities that are reasonably designed to effectively recruit qualified individuals with disabilities; and
(c) Compare the utilization of individuals with disabilities in their workforces to the utilization goal, as prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Labor, on an annual basis.
← 22.1400 Scope of subpart. · 22.1402 Applicability. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 22
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2026-03-13 · effective 2026-03-13
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Federal Acquisition Regulation: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting ↗ · proposed 2025-01-08
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers; Correction ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Combating Trafficking in Persons-Definition and Agency Responsibilities ↗ · proposed 2024-07-18 · comments due 2024-09-16
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.