Build America, Buy America Act: 3 Key Pillars
FEMA offers a free virtual training series to help grant recipients and contractors understand and comply with Build America, Buy America Act requirements for federally funded infrastructure projects.
Funder: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2026: Registration/attendance submission deadline for Build America, Buy America Act: 3 Key Pillars training (projected)
Funding Amounts: No direct funding; opportunity is a free, federally led training for FEMA grant recipients and contractors.
Summary: Virtual training to help FEMA grant recipients, subrecipients, and contractors comply with Build America, Buy America Act domestic preference requirements.
Key Information: Attendance may be required for organizations seeking FEMA grant funding for infrastructure projects.
Description
This opportunity is a federally provided virtual training series—Build America, Buy America Act: 3 Key Pillars—offered by FEMA. The training is designed to help FEMA grant recipients, subrecipients, and their contractors understand and comply with the domestic preference requirements mandated by the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA). The sessions are led by FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate, including the Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT) and Buy America Branch, and cover federal procurement rules applicable to FEMA-funded infrastructure projects. The training focuses on the three key pillars of BABAA compliance and is intended to support successful grant management and adherence to federal procurement standards.
