[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2974 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2974

  To prohibit the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security from purchasing equipment containing electronic components 
            that are not manufactured in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2003

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security from purchasing equipment containing electronic components 
            that are not manufactured in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep America Secure Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST PURCHASING EQUIPMENT CONTAINING ELECTRONIC 
              COMPONENTS NOT MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may not purchase any equipment that contains 
electronic components that are not manufactured in the United States.
    (b) Exception.--The Secretary concerned may waive the application 
of subsection (a) with respect to a purchase if the Secretary 
determines that application of such subsection to such purchase would 
be inconsistent with the public interest or would result in 
unreasonable costs to the Department of Defense or the Department of 
Homeland Security, as the case may be.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``electronic 
components'' includes, but is not limited to--
            (1) any integrated chip or sensing device;
            (2) communications systems and equipment;
            (3) search, navigation, and guidance systems and equipment; 
        and
            (4) software associated with the items described in 
        paragraphs (1) through (3).
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