Buy America Requirements for Federally Obligated Airports (2026)
Chapter: APPENDIX B. LIST OF ACRONYMS AND INITIALISMS
APPENDIX B. LIST OF ACRONYMS AND INITIALISMS
AASCEA - Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987
ACRP – Airport Cooperative Research Program of the National Academies of Science
AIG - Airport Infrastructure Grant
AIP - Airport Improvement Program
ARP - FAA’s Office of Airports
ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008
ASCE - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990
ATO - FAA’s Air Traffic Organization
BAA - Buy American Act of 1933
BABA - Build America, Buy America Act of 2021
CGAC - Common Government-wide Accounting Classification
DOC – Department of Commerce
EV - electric vehicle
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FAIN - Federal Award Identification Number
FARC - Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council
FHWA - Federal Highway Administration
FRA - Federal Railroad Administration
FY - fiscal year
FTA - Federal Transit Administration
GAO – Government Accountability Office
GARBs - General Airport Revenue Bonds
GSA – General Services Administration
IIJA - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021
ISTEA - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
MEP - Hollings Manufacturing Extension Program
MIAO - Made in America Office
NAICS - North American Industry Classification System
NPIAS - National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
OFPP - Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
PSC - Product and Service Code
RFP - Request for Proposals
UEI - Unique Entity Identifier
USDOT – United States Department of Transportation
WTO – World Trade Organization
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This study was performed under the overall guidance of the ACRP Project Committee 11-01. The Committee was chaired by JOSEPH HUBER, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, Cincinnati, Kentucky. Members are AMBER FLOYD, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, Memphis, Tennessee; MONICA R. HARGROVE, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Washington, D.C.; MARGARET MARTIN, Thompson Burton PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee; PEDRO MERCADO, Monroe County Attorney’s Office, Key West, Florida; and THERESA YOFFIE, Lambert, St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
KRYSTYNA BEDNARCZYK provides liaison with the Federal Aviation Administration, PABLO NUESCH provides liaison with Airports Council International—North America, JUSTIN BARKOWSKI provides liaison with American Association of Airport Executives, ROBERT J. SHEA provides liaison with the Transportation Research Board, and JORDAN CHRISTENSEN represents the ACRP staff.
