FTA Buy America Resources
Federal Transit Administration Buy America regulations, guidance letters, waiver notices, audit handbooks, and OIG reports.
Handbooks & Policy Guidance
- FTA Buy America Handbook: Conducting Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits for Rolling Stock Procurements (Jan. 17, 2017)
- DM2US and SPL Comments to FTA’s Jan. 17, 2017 Buy America Handbook
- FTA Buy America FAST Act Fact Sheet
- FTA Final Buy America Policy Guidance: Phased Increase of Domestic Content for Transit Rolling Stock (Sept. 1, 2016)
- FTA Buy America Guidance Letters
- FTA Buy America Certification Errors
- FTA Buy America Final Assembly Letters
- FTA Buy America Investigations
Waiver Notices
- FTA 5-Year Extension of Partial Buy America Waiver for Commercially Produced Vans and Minivans (Nov. 18, 2024)
- FTA Proposed Three-Year Phased General Waiver for Battery Electric Minibuses (Dec. 20, 2024)
- Waiver of Buy America Requirements for De Minimis Costs and Small Grants (Aug. 16, 2023)
- Notice of Partial 2-Year Buy America Waiver for Vans and Minivans (Oct. 5, 2022)
- FTA Guidance Letter on Buy America Small Purchase Waivers (Sept. 16, 2016)
- FTA Letter on Microprocessor Waiver to IndyGo (July 9, 2015)
- FTA Proposed Application of Buy America Waivers to Rolling Stock Overhauls and Rebuilds (May 21, 2012)
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