Public Interest De Minimis, Small Grants, and Minor Components Waiver of Build America, Buy America Provisions as Applied to Certain Recipients of HUD Federal Financial Assistance

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In accordance with the Build America, Buy America Act ("BABA" or "the Act") this notice advises that HUD is proposing a departmentwide public interest de minimis, Small Grants, and Minor Components waiver to the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference ("Buy America Preference," or "BAP") as applied to the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials requirement of the Act for recipients of Federal Financial Assistance. For the purposes of this proposed waiver, HUD is proposing to waive the application of the BAP for infrastructure projects whose total cost is an amount equal to or less than the Simplified acquisition threshold, which is currently $250,000. HUD is also proposing to waive the application of the BAP for all Small Grants of Federal Financial Assistance that are equal to or below the Simplified acquisition threshold, which is currently $250,000. Additionally, HUD is proposing to waive the application of the BAP for Minor Components of an infrastructure project, such that a cumulative total of no more than a total of 5 percent of the total cost of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in and incorporated int