Buy America
Buy America is a federal and state provision that requires products to be made in the United States of America. Buy America requirements pertaining to construction materials and manufactured products apply to all projects containing federal funds or associated with another project containing federal funds under the same NEPA clearance. Buy America requirements pertaining to iron or steel products apply to all projects both federally and state funded.
| Date | Time | Link |
| October 7, 2025 - Session 1 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Recording not available |
| October 24, 2025 - Session 2 | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Learn how TxDOT will implement Build America, Buy America requirements with our Gold Star Program starting December 2025.
- Form 2812 (contracts let beginning Dec. 2025)
- Special Provision 006-009
- Material Producer Lists
- List of updated Departmental Materials Specifications
- Material Availability Tracker
- Training video
- Guidance document
- Form 1818
- Form 2806 Version 1 (contracts let Nov. 2022-Nov. 2023 with SP006-030 or SP006-039)
- Form 2806 Version 2 (contracts let beginning Dec. 2023 with SP006-040)
- Form 2812 (contracts let beginning Dec. 2025)
- De minimis tracking workbook
- Buy America material classification sheet
- Project records checklist (Refer to Master Tab only)
- 2014 specifications
- 2024 specifications
- Construction Contract Administration Manual (CCAM)
- Material Inspection Guide
- FHWA Buy America interpretation for temporary items - Jun. 13, 2011
- FHWA Buy America interpretation of temporary items - Dec. 7, 1994
- FHWA predominantly iron and steel - Dec. 22, 1997
- Made In America Office waiver notices
- FHWA proposed, approved, and rejected waivers
- Small grants and de minimis cost waiver
- Temporary public waiver for steel, iron, manufactured products, and construction materials used in EV chargers
- Nationwide waiver for ferryboat equipment and machinery
- Nationwide waiver of Buy America for pig iron and processed, pelletized, and reduced iron ore
- FHWA final rule exempting manufactured products (Nov. 25, 1983) - removed for projects obligated after October 2025
- Construction materials - 2 CFR 184
- Build America Buy America - 2 CFR 200.322
- Iron and steel (federal) - 23 CFR 635.410
- Iron and steel (state) - Transportation Code 223.045
November 2022 rollout
December 2023 rollout
April 2025 - Removal of the Manufactured Product Waiver Process
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