Subpart D: Post-award requirements 2024 Uniform Guidance · effective Oct 1, 2024

2 CFR 200.322: Domestic preferences for procurements

2 CFR 200.322 sets 3 requirements for organizations that receive federal grants and cooperative agreements. Applies while you manage a federal award.

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What 2 CFR 200.322 requires

1. Procurement

What you must do

To the greatest extent practicable and consistent with law, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States (including but not limited to iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured products). For iron and steel, 'produced in the United States' means all manufacturing processes from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings occurred in the U.S. Applies to States and Indian Tribes even when using their own procurement policies (per 200.317).

When it applies

The award funds purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials — especially iron, aluminum, steel, cement, or manufactured products.

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2. Procurement

What you must do

Include the requirements of this section (domestic preferences) in all subawards, contracts, and purchase orders under the Federal award.

When it applies

Any subaward, contract, or purchase order under the award.

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3. Procurement

What you must do

For Federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects, Buy America preferences under 2 CFR part 184 (implementing the Build America, Buy America Act) apply: Federal agencies must implement the preferences, and recipients should expect award terms requiring U.S.-produced iron and steel, manufactured products, and construction materials in the infrastructure unless a waiver applies.

When it applies

The application proposes infrastructure work (construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure) funded by the Federal award.

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Regulation text of 2 CFR 200.322

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(a) The recipient or subrecipient should, to the greatest extent practicable and consistent with law, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States (including but not limited to iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured products). The requirements of this section must be included in all subawards, contracts, and purchase orders under Federal awards.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Produced in the United States” means, for iron and steel products, that all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States.

(2) “Manufactured products” means items and construction materials composed in whole or in part of non-ferrous metals such as aluminum; plastics and polymer-based products such as polyvinyl chloride pipe; aggregates such as concrete; glass, including optical fiber; and lumber.

(c) Federal agencies providing Federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects must implement the Buy America preferences set forth in 2 CFR part 184.

Source: eCFR · checked Sep 17, 2026

Questions about 2 CFR 200.322

What does 2 CFR 200.322 require?

To the greatest extent practicable and consistent with law, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States (including but not limited to iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured products). For iron and steel, 'produced in the United States' means all manufacturing processes from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings occurred in the U.S. Applies to States and Indian Tribes even when using their own procurement policies (per 200.317). Include the requirements of this section (domestic preferences) in all subawards, contracts, and purchase orders under the Federal award. For Federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects, Buy America preferences under 2 CFR part 184 (implementing the Build America, Buy America Act) apply: Federal agencies must implement the preferences, and recipients should expect award terms requiring U.S.-produced iron and steel, manufactured products, and construction materials in the infrastructure unless a waiver applies.

When does 2 CFR 200.322 apply?

The award funds purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials — especially iron, aluminum, steel, cement, or manufactured products. Any subaward, contract, or purchase order under the award. The application proposes infrastructure work (construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure) funded by the Federal award.

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