Buy American definition

Buy American means the Buy American provision as described in Section 12(n) of the National School Lunch Act which requires schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities and products. A domestic commodity or product means an agricultural commodity that is processed in the United States, and a food product that is processed in the United States substantially using agricultural commodities that are produced in the United States. Purchases made in accordance with the Buy American provision must still follow the applicable procurement rules calling for free and open competition. Any entity that purchases food or food products on behalf of the SFA must follow the same Buy American provisions that the SFA is required to follow.

Buy American. Provision. The FSMC shall purchase foods that meet all Buy American Provision regulations as described in 7 CFR 210.21(d) and FNS Policy Memo SP 38- 2017.

Buy American. ’ certificate means a certification that the contractor has complied with the ‘‘Buy American’’ re- quirement (see § 1726.15).

Examples of Buy American in a sentence

• Purchases made in accordance with the Buy American Act must follow the applicable procurement rules calling for free and open competition.

• Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "component," "domestic end product," "foreign end product," "qualifying country," "qualifying country end product," "South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state," "South Caucasus/Central and South Asian (SC/CASA) state end product," and "United States," as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the Buy American and Balance of Payments Program-Alternate I clause of this solicitation.

• As a result of the Strategic Assessment, the panel of External Experts elaborates an assessment of the applications and ranks them.

• Canadian end product," "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "component," "domestic end product," "foreign end product," "qualifying country end product," and "United States," as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the Buy American Free Trade Agreements Balance of Payments Alternate I clause of this solicitation.

• To the extent applicable, Supplier must comply with all applicable provisions of the Buy American Act.

More Definitions of Buy American

Buy American provisions do not apply.

Buy American. Federal funds cannot be used to purchase foods not produced in the United States. Products not grown in the U.S. are exempt, i.e., olives. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 mandates that the country or origin for both domestic and imported food products be identified on the product label.

Buy American or “Buy America” Clauses have been established in the contract documents associated with this GMP.

Buy American. COMMITMENT Wal-Mart has a strong commitment to buy as much merchandise made in the United States as feasible. Vendors are encouraged to buy as many materials and components from United States sources as possible and communicate this information to Wal-Mart. Further, Vendors are encouraged to establish U.S. manufacturing operations.

Buy American. Provision. Section 104(d) of the Xxxxxxx X Xxxxxxxx Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 requires schools and institutions participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) in the contiguous United States to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products that have been substantially produced and processed in the United States with nonprofit school food service account funds. Substantially means that 51% of the final processes product consists of agricultural commodities that were grown domestically. (7 CFR 210.21(d))

Buy American. New legislation requires projects receiving federal funding to purchase all construction materials from American suppliers, significantly increasing the cost of impacted projects.

Buy American provisions do not apply. 5. Owner agrees to comply with any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law and future guidance and clarifications of Recovery Act requirements. 6. If Owner enters into one or more subcontracts in connection with construction or rehabilitation of the Development under this Agreement, each subcontract shall contain provisions specifically imposing on the subcontractor all applicable requirements set forth in this Article XV.