FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 26: Other Socioeconomic Programs › Subpart 26.6
FAR 26.604 Policy.
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 agencies should encourage contractors and subcontractors to adopt and enforce policies banning text messaging while driving. It matters to contractors because it signals that agencies will promote such policies, though it does not itself impose a direct requirement on contractors.
Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors
Key terms: text messaging · while driving · Company-owned or -rented vehicles · Government-owned vehicles · official Government business
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Agencies shall encourage contractors and subcontractors to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving—
(a) Company-owned or -rented vehicles or Government-owned vehicles; or
(b) Privately-owned vehicles when on official Government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the Government.
← 26.603 Definitions. · 26.605 Contract clause. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 26
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.