Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§4104 American Goods to Be Preferred in Purchases for Senate and House
Title 2 › CHAPTER 41 — CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 4104
Summary
When spending public money for the Senate and the House, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House must buy only goods grown or made in the United States. They must do this only when American-made items can be bought at quality and price as good as similar foreign-made items.
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Title 2, §4104
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The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall, in disbursing the public moneys for the use of the two Houses, respectively, purchase only articles the growth and manufacture of the United States, provided the articles required can be procured of such growth and manufacture upon as good terms as to quality and price as are demanded for like articles of foreign growth and manufacture.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 109 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 69 derived from act June 17, 1844, ch. 105, § 1, 5 Stat. 681.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk”.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 4104
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102