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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.7

DFARS 225.701-70 Exception.

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 authorizes DoD personnel to make emergency acquisitions in direct support of deployed U.S. or allied forces in certain operations. It applies when those operations occur in a country or region subject to economic sanctions administered by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. This matters to contractors because it creates an exception allowing emergency acquisitions in sanctioned areas under specified conditions.

Applies to: DoD personnel making emergency acquisitions in direct support of U.S. or allied forces deployed in military contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operations

Key terms: emergency acquisitions · military contingency · humanitarian · peacekeeping operations · economic sanctions

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

DoD personnel are authorized to make emergency acquisitions in direct support of U.S. or allied forces deployed in military contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operations in a country or region subject to economic sanctions administered by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Sections that refer to it

← 225.701 Restrictions administered by the Department of the Treasury on acquisitions of supplies or services from prohibited sources. · 225.770 Prohibition on acquisition of certain items from Communist Chinese military companies. →

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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