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Look up any of 610 FAR Part 52 clauses: plain-English summary, the complete official text, and — for the 74 clauses that say so — the flowdown sentence quoted from the clause itself.

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FAR 52.222-50 · Combating Trafficking in Persons

Does it flow down? The clause answers in its own words:
“(1) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (i), in all subcontracts and in all contracts with agents.”
explicit flowdown · paragraph (i) · text current through FAC 2026-01
610
Part 52 clauses & provisions, full official text
74
flowdown mandates found and quoted verbatim
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federal forms explained block by block
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of claims linked to acquisition.gov, eCFR, or GSA sources

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The flowdown table

No official canonical list says which clauses flow down to subcontracts. We scanned every clause's own text and quote the mandate sentence — or say none exists.

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Priority clauses for small business

Limitations on subcontracting (52.219-14), the commercial T&Cs (52.212-4), basic cyber safeguarding (52.204-21), Section 889 (52.204-25) — the ones that decide money.

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How do I tell whether a clause flows down to my subcontract?

No official canonical list says which FAR clauses flow down. We scanned every clause's own text for the sentence that orders it into subcontracts and quote that sentence verbatim — or state that none exists. 74 clauses carry such a mandate. See the flowdown table.

How current is the clause text?

Text is parsed from GSA's published FAR source files (GSA/GSA-Acquisition-FAR @ da52ccb (2026-03-30)) and is current through FAC 2026-01. Each clause page carries its own version date and links back to its page on acquisition.gov. The official text, published at acquisition.gov and eCFR, controls if the two ever differ.

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