# Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Preference for U.S. Firms on MILCON Overseas Construction
> **Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations System** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 1997-01-17 · 62 FR 2856
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-1041
- **Category:** dfars-acquisition
- **Sub-agency:** Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations System
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 2856
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 225
- **Publication date:** 1997-01-17
- **DOD docket:** DFARS Case 96-D328
## Abstract

The Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 112 of the Fiscal Year 1997 Military Construction Appropriations Act (Public Law 104-196). Section 112 provides a 20 percent preference for United States firms on all contracts estimated to exceed $1,000,000 for military construction projects in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/01/17/97-1041/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation-supplement-preference-for-us-firms-on-milcon-overseas)
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