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DFARS 252.222-7000 Restrictions on Employment of Personnel

Does the regulation require it to flow down?

Yes

Paragraph (b): 'The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (b), in each subcontract awarded under this contract.' Every subcontract, any dollar value, no commercial or COTS carve-out written into the clause.

Form
substance, including paragraph (b) itself — self-perpetuating
Reaches
all tiers

Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-05 · edition MAR 2000 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗

What it makes you produce

One item for your checklist.

  1. Nothing to send, ever

    There is no paperwork here. It is a rule you follow while you perform the work.

    • Hiring, for the part of the work performed in the State named in the blank in paragraph (a), residents of that State who possess or could promptly acquire the skills the craft or trade needs

      DFARS 252.222-7000(a)

When it is used

Narrow and geographic. DFARS subpart 222.70 applies ONLY (1) to construction and service contracts to be performed in whole or in part within a noncontiguous State, and (2) when that State's unemployment rate exceeds the national average as determined by the Secretary of Labor (DFARS 222.7000). 'Noncontiguous State' means Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island (222.7001). The clause goes in all solicitations and contracts subject to the subpart, with the State's name typed into the blank in paragraph (a) (222.7004). No dollar threshold and no commercial exception in the subpart. The head of the agency may waive it case by case in the interest of national security (222.7003). Implements section 8071 of the FY 2000 Defense Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 106-79) and successors.

Read closely

The clause is two paragraphs and neither asks for a submission, a notice or a report: paragraph (a) is the hiring rule and paragraph (b) carries the substance, including paragraph (b) itself, into each subcontract at any dollar value. The blank in paragraph (a) is the whole obligation — an empty blank means no State was ever named, and the State is what decides who you may hire.

The 6 templates that name it, with the line
233RTX Flowdown of U.S. Government Contract Clauses Under U.S. Government ContractsRTXline 1414255GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-005 — General Provisions, Firm Fixed Price PO under U.S. Government Contract (Non-Commercial)General Dynamicsline 1269243GD Mission Systems SCM-TMP-048 — T&M Purchase Orders for Non-Commercial Items in Support of a U.S. Government ContractGeneral Dynamicsline 2178240L3Harris LGL-50.F1 — General T&C and Flowdown Clauses for Other Than Commercial Products/Services under a U.S. Government ContractL3Harrisline 2347273BAE Systems Inc. USGOVA — FAR/DFARS Flow Down Provisions for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders under a U.S. Government (DoD) Prime ContractBAE Systemsline 1266178AAR Component Services NY — U.S. Government Contract FAR and DFARS Clauses Incorporated by ReferenceAAR Corpline 777

Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.222-7000, DFARS subpart 222.70 (222.7000 through 222.7004) and DFARS 212.301 (verified 2026-08-05); DoD Class Deviation 2026-O0040 Revision 1, Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 22 / DFARS Part 222, 2026-04-24, Attachment A1, 222.7004 and 252.222-7000

This is research, not legal advice. It states what the regulation says about this clause and cites the paragraph behind it. It does not rule on your order, and it does not rule on whether a prime's markings are correct.