Two recent actions aimed at maximizing domestically-produced goods, products, materials and services may have significant impact on contractors and supply chains. In January 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a final rule “Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials” that amended the requirements for products to be classified as American-made under the Buy American Act (BAA). Less than a week later, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14005, titled “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” to further strengthen the BAA requirements and close loopholes that allowed companies to engage in offshore production and manufacturing.
Both contemplate significant changes to domestic end product requirements under the BAA. My colleagues Sunny Yang and Taéylor Stanley explain in this Porter Wright Law Alert.
