§225h Buy American Provisions

Summary

Requires the Mayor to make sure the Buy American Act of 1933 applies to all purchases made under this subchapter. If, after talking with the United States Trade Representative, the Mayor finds that a foreign country that is party to an agreement has been discriminating against U.S. products covered by that agreement, the United States Trade Representative must remove the waiver of the Buy American Act for those products. The agreements meant are ones where a U.S. agency head had previously waived Buy American rules for products from that country. The Mayor must give Congress a report on purchases from foreign entities for fiscal years 1992 and 1993. The report must show the dollar value of items where the Buy American Act was waived under such agreements, the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, or any international agreement. “Buy American Act” means title III of the Act approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). Contracts may not be awarded for products from countries the President finds to unfairly discriminate against U.S. suppliers under section 305(g)(1)(A) of the Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2515(g)(1)(A)). Anyone finally found by a court or federal agency to have knowingly labeled a product “Made in America” when it was not is barred from getting contracts under this subchapter under the debarment rules at 48 CFR subpart 9.4.