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21 sections with “domestic content test”

  • FAR 25.001 General.
    …41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American— (1) Restricts the purchase of supplies, that are not domestic end products, for use within the United States. A foreign end product may be purchased if the contracting officer determines that the price o…
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    (a) The Buy American statute restricts the purchase of supplies that are not domestic end products. For manufactured end products, the Buy American statute, E.O. 13881, and E.O. 14005 use a two-part test to define a domestic end product. (…
  • FAR 25.201 Policy.
    (a) Except as provided in 25.202, use only domestic construction materials in construction contracts performed in the United States. (b) The Buy American statute restricts the purchase of construction materials that are not domestic constr…
  • FAR 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …aphs (b) and (c) of this section apply, except if— (A) The solicitation is restricted to domestic end products in accordance with subpart 6.3; (B) The acquisition is for supplies for use within the United States and an exception to the Bu…
  • FAR 25.1102 Acquisition of construction.
    …se. (3) The contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I to reflect the domestic content threshold that will apply to the entire period of performance, when the senior procurement executive allows for application of an alt…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    … the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    … the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    … of incorporation into the construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … of incorporation into the construction material (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or (2) For components manufactured by the Contracto…
  • DFARS 225.101 General.
    …) For DoD, the following two-part test determines whether a manufactured end product is a domestic end product: (i) The end product is manufactured in the United States; and (ii)(A) Except for an end product that consists wholly or predom…
  • FAR 13.302-5 Clauses.
    …3-4(b). (4) When the senior procurement executive allows for application of an alternate domestic content test for the contract in accordance with 25.101(d), so that the initial domestic content threshold will apply to the entire period of…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mily members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees. Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied …
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105. Critical item means a domestic construction material or domestic end product that is deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical items is at FAR 25.105. …
  • FAR 12.505 Applicability of certain laws to contracts for the acquisition of COTS items.
    …r supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States,” Buy American—Supplies, domestic content test, except as provided in 25.101(a)(2)(ii) (see 52.225-1 and 52.225-3). (2) The portion of 41 U.S.C. 8303, Contracts for Public Wo…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. The term includes, with respect to forestr…
  • FAR 25.100 Scope of subpart.
    …3881, July 15, 2019; (4) Executive Order 14005, January 25, 2021; and (5) Waiver of the domestic content test of the Buy American statute for acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 19…
  • FAR 25.200 Scope of subpart.
    …3881, July 15, 2019; (4) Executive Order 14005, January 25, 2021; and (5) Waiver of the domestic content test of the Buy American statute for acquisitions of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …0,000). (B) Alternate I (OCT 2022) (Applies if the Contracting Officer has filled in the domestic content threshold below, which will apply to the entire contract period of performance. Substitute the following sentence for the first sente…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    … for contract reporting requirements concerning training to prevent human trafficking for domestic carrier air transportation; 47.405(b) is not applicable to contracts awarded by the Department of Defense or contracts for commercial product…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ts are allowable. (2) Differential allowances for additional income taxes resulting from domestic assignments are unallowable. (However, payments for increased employee income or Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes incident to allowa…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …89(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232). (4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015). (5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) (31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.