DAY 1

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Introduction

a) Scope of Seminar – The statutory & regulatory framework behind  domestic preferences
b) Common questions & issues
c) Adverse consequences for noncompliance

Prohibited Sources of Supply & Services

a) Economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) prohibiting transactions involving certain countries, entities, and individuals
b) The Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007
c) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Iran Sanctions Act), as amended
d) Section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
e) Restrictions involving the acquisition of USML Items from  Communist Chinese Military Companies
f) Restrictions on doing business with inverted domestic corporations
g) Compliance aids

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Buy American Act & Balance of Payments Program

a) Origin & purpose
b) Basic domestic preference
c) Key definitions

i) What are “domestic end products” or “domestic components” for supply contracts?
ii) DoD’s “Qualifying Country” exceptions
iii) Commercially Available Off The Shelf (“COTS”) items as “domestic end products”
iv) What are “domestic construction materials?”

d) The Buy American Act’s Two-Prong Test

i)  “Manufacturing”  vs. “assembly”
ii) Determining the end product’s component content

e) Exceptions to the Buy American Act’s domestic preference rules

i) Supplies
ii) Construction Materials

f) The Balance Of Payment Program under  FAR Subpart 25.3 & DFARS Subpart 225.75

i) Differences from & similarities to the Buy American Act
ii) Statutory & regulatory exceptions
g) Compliance aids

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

The Trade Agreements Act

a) Origin, Purpose and Applicability
b) The World Trade Organization & its effect on the Trade Agreements Act’s domestic preference rules
c) What Is A U.S.-Made Or Designated Country End Product?

i) The Substantial Transformation Rule
ii) Similarities to & differences from the Buy American Act

d) Applicability to services

e) Statutory & regulatory exceptions
f)  Compliance aids

2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Domestic Source Requirements For DoD & DHS Procurements For Clothing, Textiles, Hand Tools & Specialty Metals

a) DoD’s Berry Amendment

i) Origin, purpose & scope of coverage

ii) Statutory & regulatory exceptions under  DFARS 225.7002-2
iii) Domestic Non-Availability Determinations (“DNAD”)

b) Restrictions on Specialty Metals under 10 U.S.C. § 2533b & DFARS Subpart 225.7003

i) Scope & coverage
ii) Statutory & regulatory exceptions

c) DHS’ Kissell Amendment

i) Scope & coverage
ii) Statutory & regulatory exceptions

DAY 2

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

The Small Business Administration’s Domestic Manufacturing/Production Rules

a) Domestic manufacturing/production requirements to qualify as a “small business concern”
b) SBA’s Nonmanufacturer Rule

i) Key definitions & concepts
ii) Class & individual waivers

c) SBA’s Kit Assemblers Rule
d) The Simplified Acquisition Exception

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Overview Of Other Domestic Preference Rules  Imposed By Authorization & Appropriation Acts & Other Statutes

a) Section 1605 --American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
b) Fiscal & other statutory restrictions applicable to DoD procurements
c) Additional domestic source restrictions under DoD construction projects
d) Introduction to the Cargo Preference Act, the Fly American Act & other transportation preferences
e) Overview of domestic preferences affecting foreign assistance -- DoD Programs (FMS & FMF Programs)
f) Synopsis of additional statutory & regulatory domestic source restrictions – similarities to & differences from the Buy American Act & Trade Agreements Acts

i) USAID & EX-Im Bank Programs
ii) US DOT Administered Programs “Buy America Act” Provisions Applicable To Federally Funded Transportation Projects

8) Concluding Remarks – “Putting The Pieces Together”