Presidential Document2026-19336
Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement
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September 21, 2026
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September 16, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59979-59980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19336]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 181 / Monday, September 21, 2026 /
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Memorandum of September 16, 2026
Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement
Memorandum for the Secretary of War[,] the United
States Trade Representative[,] the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget[,] the Administrator
for Federal Procurement Policy[,] the Administrator of
General Services[, and] the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, I hereby direct:
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Canada has unreasonably
imposed new barriers to United States companies seeking
to access the Canadian government procurement market
by, among other things, establishing preferences for
Canadian products and Canadian content under its ``Buy
Canadian'' policy. Canadian provinces have also limited
the access of United States companies to their
government procurement markets. Meanwhile, Canadian
companies continue to have preferential access to the
United States Government procurement system. This
includes access to all procurement the United States
has agreed to cover at the Federal level under the
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government
Procurement, which amounts to over $280 billion
annually. My Administration will always act to combat
such unreasonable or discriminatory practices.
Sec. 2. Removing Canadian Origin Items From the Federal
Procurement System. (a) The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (Director) and the United States
Trade Representative (Trade Representative), in
coordination with the members of the Federal
Acquisition Regulatory Council, and in consultation
with any other senior executive branch official the
Director and the Trade Representative deem appropriate,
shall, to the extent appropriate and consistent with
law, identify and take all steps permitted by
applicable law with respect to Canadian origin items in
the Federal civil procurement system that can, where
warranted, be removed or made non-available for
purchase. Further, the Director, in consultation with
any senior executive branch officials he deems
appropriate, shall take appropriate steps to notify
relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies),
as determined by the Director, of domestic alternatives
to Canadian origin items, to the extent permitted by
law.
(b) The Director shall, from time to time, update
me on the progress of actions taken to implement this
memorandum.
(c) The Trade Representative shall continue to
monitor Canada's treatment of United States origin
items in the Canadian federal and provincial government
procurement markets and shall inform me of any
circumstances that, in the Trade Representative's
opinion, might indicate the need for further action.
The Trade Representative shall also inform me of any
circumstances that, in the Trade Representative's
opinion, might warrant restoring a Canadian origin
item's availability for Federal civil procurement, such
as a change in policy by the Canadian government that
would end the current treatment toward United States
origin items.
(d) The head of each agency is authorized to and
shall take all appropriate measures within the agency's
authority to implement this memorandum. The head of
each agency may, consistent with applicable law,
including
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section 301 of title 3, United States Code, redelegate
the authority to take such appropriate measures within
the agency.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented
consistent with applicable law and subject to the
availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
(d) The costs for publication of this memorandum
shall be borne by the Office of Management and Budget.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 16, 2026
[FR Doc. 2026-19336
Filed 9-18-26; 11:15 am]
Billing code 3110-01-P
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