Agency for International Development August 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This proposed rule implements the statutory requirement that funds made available by the United States Congress (Congress) to USAID under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), be used for procurement in the United States (U.S.), the recipient country, or developing countries. It does so by revising USAID's current source, origin and nationality (S/O/N) regulation to track more closely the statutory procurement authority provided under the FAA and referenced above; by establishing a single code for procurements from the U.S., recipient country and developing countries; by deleting the concept of ``origin,'' which is increasingly obsolete and difficult to apply in today's globalized economy; and by simplifying the concepts of ``source'' and ``nationality'' in order to reflect better Congress's directive to procure from the U.S., recipient or developing countries.