FAR clauses/Part 22/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.222-35
Equal Opportunity for Veterans

Clause date

JUN 2020

Prescribed at

FAR 22.1310(a)(1). Insert in solicitations and contracts if the expected value is $200,000 or more, except when work is performed outside the United States by employees recruited outside the United States, or when the OFCCP Director or the head of the agency has waived all of the terms of the clause.

Applies to

Contracts and subcontracts for personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) of $200,000 or more.

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.222-35(c) requires the terms of the clause in subcontracts valued at or above the threshold in FAR 22.1303(a) (currently $200,000) on the date of subcontract award, unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor. Also listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) and 52.244-6(c)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.222-35 on Acquisition.gov

… The Contractor shall abide by the requirements of the equal opportunity clause at 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), as of March 24, 2014. This clause prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by the Contractor to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans. …

From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01

This is the codified text, not any agency's Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation. An agency running a class deviation may have this clause renumbered, rewritten or prescribed differently — check the deviation before you put a clause in a solicitation.

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