Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-102

§8305 Annual Report

Title 41 › Subtitle IV — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 83 — BUY AMERICAN › § 8305

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 60 days after each fiscal year ends, the Secretary of Defense must send Congress a report showing how much the Department of Defense bought from foreign sources during that year. The report must list, in separate dollar amounts, the purchases that were allowed even though the usual rules were waived under: a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding described in section 8304(a); the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); or an international agreement the United States has joined.

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Title 41, §8305

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Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the amount of purchases by the Department of Defense from foreign entities in that fiscal year. The report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which this chapter was waived pursuant to—
(1)a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding described in section 8304(a) of this title;
(2)the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); or
(3)an international agreement to which the United States is a party.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 830541:10b–3.Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VIII, § 827, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2611; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 846, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1845; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VIII, § 812, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2086.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsFor acts containing provisions similar to those in this section, see list of similar provisions set out under section 8304 of this title.

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Citation

41 U.S.C. § 8305

Title 41, Public Contracts

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102