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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.73

DFARS 225.7306 Offset arrangements.

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 states that DoD does not encourage, enter into, or commit U.S. firms to offset arrangements for Foreign Military Sales. The decision to engage in offsets and the responsibility for negotiating and implementing them rests with the companies involved.

Applies to: DoD and U.S. firms involved in FMS offset arrangements

Key terms: offset arrangements · FMS · DoD

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

The text

In accordance with the Presidential policy statement of April 16, 1990, DoD does not encourage, enter into, or commit U.S. firms to FMS offset arrangements. The decision whether to engage in offsets, and the responsibility for negotiating and implementing offset arrangements, resides with the companies involved. (Also see 225.7303-2(a)(3).)

Sections it refers to

  • 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.

Sections that refer to it

  • 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.

← 225.7305 Limitation of liability. · 225.7307 Contract clauses. →

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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