[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3134 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3134

  To amend title 10, United States Code, and title III of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act to require certain prospective 
government contractors to employ at least 50 percent of their employees 
                         in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2003

Mr. Walsh (for himself, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
 Gillmor, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Upton, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Goode, Ms. Kaptur, 
 and Mr. Carson of Oklahoma) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 amend title 10, United States Code, and title III of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act to require certain prospective 
government contractors to employ at least 50 percent of their employees 
                         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 ``American Manufacturing Jobs 
Retention Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN PROSPECTIVE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS TO 
              EMPLOY AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) Defense Contracts.--Section 2305 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Requirement for Employment in the United States.--(1) In the 
case of any contract for the procurement of goods and services to be 
entered into by a military department, the head of the military 
department may not consider a covered prospective contractor to be a 
responsible source unless the covered prospective contractor employs at 
least 50 percent of its employees in the United States.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a prospective contractor is 
covered if at least 10 percent of its annual gross receipts, during the 
year preceding the year in which the contractor submits a bid or 
proposal for the contract concerned, was attributable to contracts with 
the Federal Government.''.
    (b) Civilian Agency Contracts.--Section 303B of title III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 
253b) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Requirement for Employment in the United States.--(1) In the 
case of any contract for the procurement of goods and services to be 
entered into by an executive agency, the head of the executive agency 
may not consider a covered prospective contractor to be a responsible 
source unless the covered prospective contractor employs at least 50 
percent of its employees in the United States.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a prospective contractor is 
covered if at least 10 percent of its annual gross receipts, during the 
year preceding the year in which the contractor submits a bid or 
proposal for the contract concerned, was attributable to contracts with 
the Federal Government.''.
    (c) Implementation.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
implemented through revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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