FAR 25.601 Definitions

Section Federal Acquisition Regulation

Facts

Citation
FAR 25.601
Type
Section
Last amended
86 FR 6180 Effective Jan 19, 2021
Text as of
FAC 2026-01
Official text
acquisition.gov

Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.

Text

As used in this subpart-

Domestic construction material means the following: (1) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States. (The Buy American statute applies.) (2) A manufactured construction material that is manufactured in the United States and, if the construction material consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel, the iron or steel was produced in the United States. (Section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies.)

Foreign construction material means a construction material other than a domestic construction material.

Manufactured construction material means any construction material that is not unmanufactured construction material.

Public building or public work means a building or work, the construction, prosecution, completion, or repair of which is carried on directly or indirectly by authority of, or with funds of, a Federal agency to serve the interest of the general public regardless of whether title thereof is in a Federal agency (see 22.401). These buildings and works may include, without limitation, bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, jetties, breakwaters, levees, and canals, and the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of such buildings and works.

Recovery Act designated country means a World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement country, a Free Trade Agreement country, or a least developed country.

Unmanufactured construction material means raw material brought to the construction site for incorporation into the building or work that has not been- (1) Processed into a specific form and shape; or (2) Combined with other raw material to create a material that has different properties than the properties of the individual raw materials.

Federal Register history

Sections cited

Terms defined

  • Domestic construction material
  • Foreign construction material
  • Manufactured construction material
  • Public building or public work
  • Recovery Act designated country
  • Unmanufactured construction material

Quick answers

What is FAR 25.601?

FAR 25.601 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Definitions".

When was FAR 25.601 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials" (86 FR 6180), published Jan 19, 2021 and effective Jan 19, 2021.

Are changes to FAR 25.601 proposed?

No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.

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