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What is the Buy America domestic content requirement?

The domestic content procurement preference requirement is:

  1. All iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States. This means all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States.
  2. All manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States. This means the manufactured product was manufactured in the United States, and the cost of the components of the manufactured product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components of the manufactured product, unless another standard for determining the minimum amount of domestic content of the manufactured product has been established under applicable law or regulation.
  3. All construction materials are manufactured in the United States. This means that all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States.

What is Build America, Buy America? explains what federal grant applicants should know before pursuing a federal grant.