James Traficant: “I offer amendment No. 5, the Buy American amendment. Amendment No. 5…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2001

I offer amendment No. 5, the Buy American amendment. Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. Traficant: At the end of title III (page 19, after line 18), insert the following new section: SEC. ____. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT AND SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--No funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act may be provided to a person or entity unless the person or entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c) in the expenditure of the funds. (b) Sense of Congress.--In the case of any equipment, products, or services that may be authorized to be purchased using funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act, it is the sense of Congress that recipients of such funds should, in expending the funds, purchase only American-made equipment, products, and services.

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James Traficant

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Introducing an amendment to ensure compliance with the Buy American Act.

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James Traficant: “I offer amendment No. 5, the Buy American amendment. Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. Traficant: At the end of title III…”

Editor's note · Context