December 7, 2024
White House proposes shrinking list of Buy American exemptions
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the correct name of the Buy American statute. The Biden-Harris administration on Monday proposed reducing the list of articles exempt from Buy American requirements by more than half because some are available in the U.S. and others should not be on the list for national security reasons. The Federal Acquisition Regulation includes a list of 109 “nonavailable articles” exempt from federal Buy American requirements. The administration is proposing to remove...
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