BABA/BAA Compliance
The Original Buy American Lighting Manufacturer
What is BABA?
The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) was enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021. BABA establishes a unified domestic content procurement preference for all federally funded infrastructure projects — requiring that iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in infrastructure be produced in the United States.
BABA applies broadly to any project receiving federal financial assistance, including grants, loans, and loan guarantees from federal agencies. This encompasses transportation infrastructure, water and wastewater systems, broadband networks, energy grid modernization, and public building construction or renovation.
Projects Affected by BABA
What is BAA?
The Buy American Act (BAA) is the original federal domestic content law, enacted in 1933. BAA requires the U.S. federal government to prefer American-made products in its direct procurement — when federal agencies purchase goods for their own use. While BABA covers infrastructure projects funded by the federal government, BAA covers products the government buys directly.
BAA applies to direct federal procurement above the micro-purchase threshold. Under current regulations strengthened by Executive Order 14005 (2021), products must meet a 75% domestic content threshold and be manufactured in the United States to qualify as domestic end products under BAA.
BAA Coverage
How Clear-Vu Complies
Clear-Vu Lighting is the original BABA/BAA compliant American lighting manufacturer. Not a recent conversion. Not an assembly-only operation importing foreign components. American-made since 1957.
Central Islip, NY 11722 — all products manufactured at this single facility
Vertically integrated — injection molding, tooling, assembly, and testing in-house
69 years of continuous American manufacturing — the original BABA/BAA lighting manufacturer
All plastic components are injection-molded on-site at our Central Islip facility using American-sourced resins. No imported housings, lenses, or structural components.
Custom molds, jigs, and assembly tooling are designed and fabricated by our engineering team. Every fixture starts as an American-designed, American-tooled product.
LED boards, drivers, housing assemblies, lenses, and hardware are assembled and tested at our facility. Every fixture is quality-verified before it ships.
Our manufacturing workforce is union labor — American workers building American products for American infrastructure.
BABA/BAA Compliant Product Lines
Every product line Clear-Vu manufactures is BABA/BAA compliant. No exceptions. No waivers required.
How to Specify Clear-Vu on Government Contracts
A straightforward process for specifying BABA/BAA compliant LED lighting on your next federal or infrastructure project.
Determine which product lines are needed for your project. Our sales engineering team can review your lighting schedules and recommend compliant alternatives for any non-compliant fixtures in your current specification.
Contact our team to receive BABA/BAA compliance certificates, manufacturer's letters of compliance, country-of-origin documentation, and any additional paperwork required by your contracting officer or project specifications.
We provide complete submittal packages including compliance documentation, product specifications, photometric data, and installation details. Our team supports you through the approval process and responds to any RFIs from the contracting authority.
Documentation Available
All documentation is available upon request from our sales engineering team.
In-Depth Resource
BABA/BAA — Buy America Compliance
Detailed statutory breakdown of BABA §70912–§70915, the 55% domestic cost component test, FTA/FHWA program triggers, our product-level documentation package, and a request form for project-specific certificates.