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

DFARS 225.7022-3 Prohibition.

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 prohibits contracting officers from awarding contracts using funds for products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or by entities using such labor, unless an exception applies. It matters to contractors because it restricts what products and entities can be involved in covered contracts.

Applies to: Contracting officers awarding contracts with appropriated funds

Key terms: XUAR · forced labor · exception · appropriated funds

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

The text

Contracting officers shall not award a contract utilizing funds appropriated or otherwise made available for for any fiscal year for any products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of any forced labor programs, unless an exception applies.

Sections that refer to it

← 225.7022-2 Definitions. · 225.7022-4 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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