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

DFARS 225.7013-2 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 DFARS section restricts where the Department of Defense can award contracts to build or maintain vessels for the armed forces. It generally prohibits construction of vessels or major hull/superstructure components in foreign shipyards, and prohibits overhaul, repair, or maintenance of U.S.-homeported naval vessels outside the U.S. or Guam, with limited exceptions.

Applies to: DoD contracts for construction, overhaul, repair, or maintenance of vessels for the armed forces

What it requires

  • Do not award a contract to construct a vessel for any of the armed forces in a foreign shipyard.
  • Do not award a contract to construct a major component of the hull or superstructure of a vessel for any of the armed forces in a foreign shipyard.
  • Do not overhaul, repair, or maintain a naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) homeported in the United States or Guam in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam.

Key terms: foreign shipyard · vessel · major component of the hull or superstructure · naval vessel · homeported

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

The text

(a) Contract award (10 U.S.C. 8679). Do not award a contract to construct in a foreign shipyard—

(1) A vessel for any of the armed forces; or

(2) A major component of the hull or superstructure of a vessel for any of the armed forces.

(b) Overhaul, repair, or maintenance (10 U.S.C. 8680). (1) Do not overhaul, repair, or maintain, in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam, a naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) homeported in the United States or Guam.

(2) This restriction on overhaul, repair, or maintenance does not apply to—

(i) Voyage repairs; or

(ii) Repairs necessary to correct damage sustained due to hostile actions or interventions.

(3) For a naval vessel classified as a littoral combat ship and operating on deployment—

(i) Corrective and preventive maintenance or repair, whether intermediate or depot level, and facilities maintenance may be performed if the work is performed by U.S. Government personnel or U.S. contractor personnel—

(A) In a foreign shipyard;

(B) At a facility outside of a foreign shipyard; or

(C) At any other facility convenient to the vessel;

(ii) Foreign workers may be used to perform corrective and preventive maintenance or repair, only if the Secretary of the Navy, without power of delegation, determines that travel by U.S. Government or contractor personnel to perform the maintenance or repair is not advisable for health or safety reasons; and

(iii) Foreign contractors may perform facilities maintenance only as approved by the Secretary of the Navy.

← 225.7013-1 Definitions. · 225.7014 Restrictions on military construction. →

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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