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demonstrate how the grant-funded project addresses the core capability gap <br /> associated with each project. The capability gap reduction must be addressed in <br /> the Project Description of the BSIR for each project. <br /> 38. Applicability of DHS Standard Terms and Conditions to Tribes <br /> The DHS Standard Terms and Conditions are a restatement of general <br /> requirements imposed upon the Applicant and flow down to any of its <br /> subrecipients as a matter of law, regulation, or executive order. If the requirement <br /> does not apply to Indian tribes or there is a federal law or regulation exempting its <br /> application to Indian tribes, then the acceptance by Tribes of, or acquiescence <br /> to, DHS Standard Terms and Conditions does not change or alter its inapplicability <br /> to an Indian tribe. The execution of grant documents is not intended to change, <br /> alter, amend, or impose additional liability or responsibility upon the Tribe where it <br /> does not already exist. <br /> 39. Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction <br /> Materials <br /> The Applicant must comply with the "Build America, Buy America" Act (BABAA), <br /> enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Executive <br /> Order 14005. Applicants receiving a federal award subject to BABAA requirements <br /> may not use federal financial assistance funds for infrastructure projects unless: <br /> (a) All iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States- this <br /> means all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through <br /> the application of coatings, occurred in the United States; <br /> (b) All manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United <br /> States- this means the manufactured product was manufactured in the <br /> United States; and the cost of the components of the manufactured <br /> product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is <br /> greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components of the <br /> manufactured product, unless another standard for determining the <br /> minimum amount of domestic content of the manufactured product has <br /> been established under applicable law or regulation; and <br /> (c) All construction materials are manufactured in the United States -this <br /> means that all manufacturing processes for the construction material <br /> occurred in the United States.. <br /> The "Buy America" preference only applies to articles, materials, and supplies <br /> that are consumed in, incorporated into, or affixed to an infrastructure project. It <br /> does not apply to tools, equipment, and supplies, such as temporary scaffolding, <br /> brought to the construction site and removed at or before the completion of the <br /> infrastructure project. Nor does a Buy America preference apply to equipment <br /> and furnishings, such as movable chairs, desks, and portable computer <br /> equipment, that are used at or within the finished infrastructure project but are <br /> not an integral part of the structure or permanently affixed to the infrastructure <br /> project. <br /> Initials fi- <br />