Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

FTA – Buy America

FTA – Buy America Rule 49 CFR Part 661 – Buy America Requirements

FTA – Buy America Rule 49 CFR Part 663 – Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits of Rolling Stock Purchases

FTA Buy America Handbook: Conducting Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits for Rolling Stock Procurements issued Jan. 17, 2017

DM2US and SPL comments to FTA’s Jan. 17, 2017 Buy America Handbook

FTA Guidance Letter on Buy America Small Purchase Waivers issued Sept. 16, 2016

FTA Letter on Microprocessor Waiver issued July 9, 2015 to IndyGo

FTA 5-year extension of its partial Buy America waiver for certain commercially produced vans and minivans Nov. 18, 2024

FTA proposing a three-year phased general waiver of Buy America for battery electric minibuses Dec. 20, 2024; Comments due Jan 6, 2025

Waiver of Buy America Requirements for De Minimis Costs and Small Grants Aug 16, 2023

FTA Buy America FAST Act Fact Sheet

FTA Issues Final Buy America Policy Guidance for Phased Increase of Domestic Content for Procurement of Transit Rolling Stock (9/1/2016)

FTA Proposed Application of Buy America Waivers to Rolling Stock Overhauls and Rebuilds, May 21, 2012

FTA Buy America Guidance Letters

FTA Buy America Certification Errors

FTA Buy America Final Assembly Letters

FTA Buy America Investigations

Notice of Partial 2-year Buy America Waiver for Vans and Minivans Oct 5, 2022

USDOT OIG Report FTA’s Oversight of SEPTA’s Compliance With Buy America Rolling Stock Requirements Faced Several Challenges, July 31, 2024