Clause

52.247-64_Alternate I Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this clause, the Cargo Preference Act of 1954 (46 U.S.C. Appx. 1241(b)) requires that Federal departments and agencies shall transport in privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels at least 50 percent of the gross tonnage of equipment, materials, or commodities that may be transported in ocean vessels (computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers). Such transportation shall be accomplished when any equipment, materials, or commodities, located within or outside the United States, that may be transported by ocean vessel ar

Type: Clause (C)
Prescribed in: 47.507(a)
Effective: Apr 2003
Primary source: eCFR 48 CFR 52.247-64 · acquisition.gov

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This is Alternate I of clause 52.247-64; the Alternate text sits inside the same eCFR section as the base clause.

Applicability in the matrix

Contract types for 52.247-64_Alternate I as published in the Smart Matrix
IBR	Yes Incorporated by reference
UCF	I
FP SUP	A As prescribed
CR SUP	A As prescribed
FP R&D	A As prescribed
CR R&D	A As prescribed
FP SVC	A As prescribed
CR SVC	A As prescribed
FP CON	A As prescribed
CR CON	A As prescribed
T&M LH	A As prescribed
LMV	A As prescribed
COM SVC	A As prescribed
DDR	A As prescribed
FAC	A As prescribed
IND DEL	A As prescribed
TRN	A As prescribed
UTL SVC	A As prescribed

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