A stronger Buy American rule

      The Biden Administration has proposed to strengthen “Buy American” policies within federal procurement, as spelled out in a proposed rule on July 30.

      The proposed rule includes:

• Increases to the domestic content threshold to 60% initially, to 65% within two years and to 75% within five years, up from 55% currently;
• A framework for applying an enhanced price preference for a domestic product considered to be a critical product or that is made up of critical components; and
• A requirement for contractors to report post-award domestic content.

      Comments are due by Sept. 28. A virtual public meeting is on Aug. 26.

More information:
Federal Register proposed rule:https://bit.ly/3smM1Hm
CGP analysis:https://bit.ly/37NivRx

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