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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.70

DFARS 225.7003-2 Restrictions.

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 restricts acquiring certain military items, or their components, unless any specialty metals in them are melted or produced in the United States. It also restricts acquiring specialty metal itself as an end item unless it is melted or produced in the United States. These restrictions apply except as provided in 225.7003-3.

Applies to: Contractors acquiring the listed items, their components, or specialty metal as an end item for DoD

What it requires

  • Do not acquire the listed items or their components unless any specialty metals in them are melted or produced in the United States
  • Do not acquire specialty metal as an end item unless it is melted or produced in the United States

Key terms: specialty metals · melted or produced in the United States · end item · components

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The text

(a) The following restrictions implement 10 U.S.C. 4863. Except as provided in 225.7003-3—

(1) Do not acquire the following items, or any components of the following items, unless any specialty metals contained in the items or components are melted or produced in the United States (also see guidance at PGI 225.7003-2(a)):

(i) Aircraft.

(ii) Missile or space systems.

(iii) Ships.

(iv) Tank or automotive items.

(v) Weapon systems.

(vi) Ammunition.

(2) Do not acquire a specialty metal (e.g., raw stock, including bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, and sheet; castings; and forgings) as an end item, unless the specialty metal is melted or produced in the United States. This restriction applies to specialty metal acquired by a contractor for delivery to DoD as an end item, in addition to specialty metal acquired by DoD directly from the entity that melted or produced the specialty metal.

(b) For more information on specialty metals restrictions and reporting of noncompliances, see https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/cp/ic/specialty-metals-restrictions.html.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 225.7003-1 Definitions. · 225.7003-3 Exceptions. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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