FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.70
DFARS 225.7001 Definitions.
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 defines key terms used in DFARS subpart 225.70, such as 'assembly,' 'component,' 'covered country,' and 'end product.' These definitions matter because they determine which items and countries are subject to the restrictions in that subpart.
Applies to: Contractors and contracting officers interpreting DFARS subpart 225.70
Key terms: Assembly · Bearing components · Component · Covered country · End item
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
As used in this subpart—
Assembly means an item forming a portion of a system or subsystem that—
(1) Can be provisioned and replaced as an entity; and
(2) Incorporates multiple, replaceable parts.
Bearing components means the bearing element, retainer, inner race, or outer race.
Component means any item supplied to the Government as part of an end item or of another component, except that for use in 225.7004-2(b)(6), the term means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.
Covered country means—
(1) The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea;
(2) The People's Republic of China;
(3) The Russian Federation; and
(4) The Islamic Republic of Iran (10 U.S.C. 4872 and 4875).
End item, as used in sections 225.7003 and 225.7018, means the final production product when assembled or completed and ready for delivery under a line item of the contract (10 U.S.C. 4863(m)).
End product means supplies delivered under a line item of the contract.
Hand or measuring tools means those tools listed in Federal supply classifications 51 and 52, respectively.
Large medium-speed diesel engines means diesel engines whose revolutions per minute (RPM) fall between 300 and 1500 RPM with a displacement greater than 1500 cubic inches per cylinder.
Structural component of a tent—
(1) Means a component that contributes to the form and stability of the tent (e.g., poles, frames, flooring, guy ropes, pegs); and
(2) Does not include equipment such as heating, cooling, or lighting.
Subsystem means a functional grouping of items that combine to perform a major function within an end item, such as electrical power, altitude control, and propulsion.
Sections it refers to
- 225.7004-2 Restrictions.
- 225.7003 Restrictions on acquisition of specialty metals.
- 225.7018 Restriction on acquisition of certain magnets, tantalum, and tungsten.
← 225.7000 Scope of subpart. · 225.7002 Restrictions on food, clothing, fabrics, hand or measuring tools, and flags. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 225
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-07-02 · comments due 2026-08-31
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Purchase Exception for the Acquisition of U.S. Flags (DFARS Case 2024-D013) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-12-18 · effective 2024-12-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (DFARS Case 2018-D074) ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.