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48 CFR Chapter 1





Federal Acquisition Regulations; Final Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAR-2021-0051, Sequence No. 1]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2021-04; Introduction

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Summary presentation of final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the 
Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal 
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-04. A companion document, the Small 
Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.

DATES: For effective dates see the separate documents, which follow.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Zenaida Delgado, Procurement 
Analyst, at 202-969-7207 or [email protected] for clarification 
of content. For information pertaining to status or publication 
schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 
or [email protected]. Please cite FAC 2021-04, FAR Case 2019-016.

                       Rules Listed in FAC 2021-04
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                           Subject                              FAR case
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Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products and Materials   2019-016
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ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the internet 
at https://www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments by this FAR rule, refer to the 
specific item numbers and subjects set forth in the documents following 
this summary. FAC 2021-04 amends the FAR as follows:

Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials (FAR 
Case 2019-016)

    This final rule strengthens domestic preferences under the Buy 
American statute by making adjustments to the required percentage of 
domestic content and the existing percentages for the price evaluation 
preferences in an effort to decrease the amount of foreign-sourced 
content in a U.S. manufactured product to promote economic and national 
security, help stimulate economic growth, and create jobs. The price 
evaluation preferences increase from 6 percent to 20 percent for large 
business and from 12 percent to 30 percent for small business; for DoD 
procurements there is no change to the DoD 50 percent amount. The 
domestic content requirement for iron and steel increases from 50 
percent to 95 percent; for other end products and construction 
materials, the domestic content requirement increases from 50 percent 
to 55 percent. Foreign iron and steel is iron or steel products that 
are not produced in the United States. The rule implements E.O. 13881, 
Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials. This 
final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.

    Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-04 is issued under the 
authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General 
Services, and the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
    Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2021-04 is 
effective January 19, 2021.

John M. Tenaglia,
Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Department of 
Defense.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, Office of Acquisition Policy, 
U.S. General Services Administration.

William G. Roets, II,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Procurement, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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