{"id":7595,"date":"2022-11-11T12:49:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:49:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:49:44","slug":"u-s-department-of-transportation-proposes-important-buy-america-actions-fta-administrator-issues-buy-america-dear-colleague-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/u-s-department-of-transportation-proposes-important-buy-america-actions-fta-administrator-issues-buy-america-dear-colleague-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Important Buy America Actions; FTA Administrator Issues Buy America Dear Colleague Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\":us\" class=\"hP\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-thread-perm-id=\"thread-f:1748877947401673752\" data-legacy-thread-id=\"1845433a2a641c18\">U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Important Buy America Actions; FTA Administrator Issues Buy America Dear Colleague Letter<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Published on: <\/strong>November 11, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) seeks to maximize the use of American-made products and materials in all federally funded projects as part of the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act, which was included in the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The implementation of this law will transform the Department\u2019s approach to domestic procurement requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The Department is taking three actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>not extending its temporary waiver for construction materials, making that requirement applicable effective November 10, 2022;<\/li>\n<li>proposing a <a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMDcuNjYzMjM5ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi5nb3Yvc2l0ZXMvZG90Lmdvdi9maWxlcy8yMDIyLTExL0RPVCUyME5vdGljZSUyMG9mJTIwUHJvcG9zZWQlMjBCdXklMjBBbWVyaWNhJTIwV2FpdmVyJTIwZm9yJTIwQ2VydGFpbiUyMENvbnRyYWN0cyUyMGFuZCUyMFNvbGljaXRhdGlvbnMlMjAyMDIyLjExLjA0LnBkZiJ9.wMjx9RmZ1VO4pSkYzPYyU10e6hrsQ4v8O6JVDb3VaO8\/s\/2139215619\/br\/147615448017-l\">waiver<\/a> for narrow categories of contracts and solicitations to help certain ongoing procurements transition to the new construction materials standard; and<\/li>\n<li>proposing a narrow <a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMDcuNjYzMjM5ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi5nb3Yvc2l0ZXMvZG90Lmdvdi9maWxlcy8yMDIyLTExL0RPVCUyME5vdGljZSUyMG9mJTIwUHJvcG9zZWQlMjBXYWl2ZXIlMjBmb3IlMjBEZSUyME1pbmltaXMlMjBDb3N0cyUyMFNtYWxsJTIwR3JhbnRzJTIwYW5kJTIwTWlub3IlMjBDb21wb25lbnRzJTIwMjAyMi4xMS4wNC5wZGYifQ.F4np1XMI-7GzhBGhCgeyW0QR6aIfvbqpM8IfWZX-rQc\/s\/2139215619\/br\/147615448017-l\">waiver<\/a> for de minimis costs, small grants, and minor components to allow USDOT and its grant recipients to focus their domestic sourcing efforts on products that provide the greatest manufacturing opportunities for American workers and firms and reduce delays in the delivery of important transportation infrastructure projects that provide jobs and promote economic growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>USDOT is also seeking comments by November 20, 2022 on the two proposed waivers.<\/p>\n<p>To help transit agencies prepare for implementation of the construction materials requirement, FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez is also posting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/regulations-and-programs\/dear-colleague-letter-buy-america-construction-materials-and-proposed\">Dear Colleague letter<\/a> to transit agencies on their Buy America obligations on FTA-funded projects. More information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/office-policy\/transportation-policy\/made-in-america\">DOT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/buyamerica\">FTA<\/a> Buy America websites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/regulations-and-programs\/dear-colleague-letter-buy-america-construction-materials-and-proposed\">Dear Colleague letter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/office-policy\/transportation-policy\/made-in-america\">USDOT Buy America webpage<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/buyamerica\">FTA Buy America webpage<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn More about the Build America, Buy America Act here. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Important Buy America Actions; 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