Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§7012 Purchase of American-made Equipment and Products
Title 7 › CHAPTER 98 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER IX — MISCELLANEOUS REORGANIZATION PROVISIONS › § 7012
Summary
Buy American-made equipment and products with money from this law whenever possible. When the Secretary gives financial help or signs a contract with anyone who will use those funds, the Secretary must, as much as possible, give that person a notice saying Congress expects purchases to be American-made.
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Title 7, §7012
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(a)Sense of Congress
It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased using funds made available pursuant to this chapter should be American-made.
(b)Notice requirement
In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 103–354, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3209, known as the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see
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note set out under section 6901 of this title and Tables.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 7012
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110