[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3951 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3951

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to require notification to 
    Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source 
             requirements are made, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2004

  Mr. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to require notification to 
    Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source 
             requirements are made, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO DOMESTIC SOURCE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Notice.--Section 2533a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Notification Required When Exceptions Applied.--Funds 
appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense may 
not be used to enter into a contract to procure an item described in 
subsection (b) pursuant to an exception in this section (as set forth 
in subsections (c) through (h)) until--
            ``(1) a notification of the intent to apply such exception 
        is submitted to Congress and posted on the website maintained 
        by the General Services Administration known as FedBizOpps.gov 
        (or any successor site); and
            ``(2) a period of 15 days has expired after the date on 
        which such notification is so submitted and published.''.
    (b) Clothing Materials and Components Covered.--Subsection (b) of 
section 2533a of title 10, United States Code, is amended in paragraph 
(1)(B) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``and the 
materials and components thereof''.
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