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

DFARS 225.770-4 Identifying items covered by the USML or the 600 series of the CCL.

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 describes how the requiring activity must tell the contracting officer, in writing, whether items being acquired are covered by the USML or the 600 series of the CCL before a solicitation is issued. The notification must identify any covered items and give the relevant USML or CCL references. It also notes that not all covered items are munitions, so the requiring activity should consult the lists before deciding coverage.

Applies to: The requiring activity and the contracting officer in DoD acquisitions

What it requires

  • Before issuance of a solicitation, the requiring activity will notify the contracting officer in writing whether the items to be acquired are covered by the USML or the 600 series of the CCL.
  • The notification will identify any covered item(s).
  • The notification will provide the pertinent USML reference(s) from 22 CFR part 121 or the 600 series of the CCL references from 15 CFR part 774, supplement no. 1.
  • The requiring activity should consult the USML and the 600 series of the CCL before concluding that an item is or is not covered.

Key terms: USML · 600 series of the CCL · requiring activity · contracting officer · solicitation

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

The text

(a) Before issuance of a solicitation, the requiring activity will notify the contracting officer in writing whether the items to be acquired are covered by the USML or the 600 series of the CCL. The notification will identify any covered item(s) and will provide the pertinent USML reference(s) from 22 CFR part 121 or the 600 series of the CCL references from 15 CFR part 774, supplement no. 1.

(b) The USML includes defense articles and defense services that fall into 21 categories. The CCL includes ten categories and five product groups in each category, many of which contain 600 series items. Since not all items covered by the USML or 600 series of the CCL are themselves munitions (e.g., protective personnel equipment, military training equipment), the requiring activity should consult the USML and the 600 series of the CCL before concluding that an item is or is not covered. See PGI 225.770-4.

← 225.770-3 Exceptions. · 225.770-5 Waiver of prohibition. →

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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