FAR clauses/Part 22/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.222-54
Employment Eligibility Verification

Clause date

JAN 2025

Prescribed at

FAR 22.1803. Insert in all solicitations and contracts that exceed $150,000, except those only for work performed outside the United States, those with a period of performance of less than 120 days, or those only for COTS items, near-COTS items, bulk-cargo COTS items, or commercial services that are part of the purchase of a COTS item and performed by the COTS provider.

Applies to

Contracts over $150,000 with at least 120 days of performance and work in the United States, other than COTS-only buys.

Flowdown

Flows down in some subcontracts
52.222-54(e) requires the clause, including paragraph (e), in each subcontract that (1) is for services (except commercial services that are part of the purchase of a COTS item, performed by the COTS provider, and normally provided for that COTS item) or construction, (2) has a value of more than $3,500, and (3) includes work performed in the United States. Listed in 52.212-5(e)(1); not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1).

Full text

FAR 52.222-54 on Acquisition.gov

… Within 90 calendar days of enrollment in the E-Verify program, begin to use E-Verify to initiate verification of employment eligibility of all new hires of the Contractor, who are working in the United States, whether or not assigned to the contract, within 3 business days after the date of hire (but see paragraph (b)(3) of this section); …

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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• 52.222-41Service Contract Labor StandardsFAR 22.1006(a)(1)
• 52.222-50Combating Trafficking in PersonsFAR 22.1705(a)(1)