[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1441 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1441

     To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
   International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a 
preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide 
 assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any 
     such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless 
                         communication service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2003

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
   International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a 
preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide 
 assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any 
     such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless 
                         communication service.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PREFERENCE FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES IN THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS 
              FOR ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ.

    In entering into contracts with private entities to provide 
assistance for Iraq, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development and the Secretary of Defense shall give 
preference, to the greatest extent practicable, to qualified American 
entities. Contracts for which this preference shall be given shall 
include contracts to carry out commercial mobile wireless communication 
service for Iraq.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF CDMA TECHNOLOGY IN ANY CONTRACT FOR 
              COMMERCIAL MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDED 
              AS ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ.

    In entering into any contract with a private entity to provide 
commercial mobile wireless communication service as assistance for 
Iraq, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development and the Secretary of Defense shall require that CDMA 
technology be used for such communication service.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) American entity.--The term ``American entity'' means a 
        company or other business entity that, as determined by the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development or the Secretary of Defense, is a company or other 
        business entity the majority ownership or control of which is 
        by United States citizens.
            (2) Commercial mobile wireless communication service.--The 
        term ``commercial mobile wireless communication service'' means 
        any radio communication service carried on between mobile 
        stations or receivers and land stations, and by mobile stations 
        communicating among themselves, that is provided for profit and 
        makes service available (A) to the public or (B) to such 
        classes of eligible users as to be effectively available to a 
        substantial portion of the public.
            (3) CDMA technology.--The term ``CDMA technology'' means 
        code division multiple access technology.
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