[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1686 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1686

To amend the Homeland Security Act to require that uniforms, protective 
gear, badges, and identification cards of personnel be manufactured in 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2007

Mr. Etheridge (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, and Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act to require that uniforms, protective 
gear, badges, and identification cards of personnel be 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 ``Department of Homeland Security 
Secure American Federal Equipment Procurement Act--DHS SAFE Procurement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT UNIFORMS, PROTECTIVE GEAR, BADGES, AND 
              IDENTIFICATION CARDS OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL BE 
              MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 836. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN ARTICLES PROCURED FOR DEPARTMENT 
              PERSONNEL BE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.

    ``(a) Requirement.--Except as provided in section (c), funds 
appropriated or otherwise available to the Department may not be used 
for the procurement of an article described in section (b) if the item 
is not manufactured in the United States.
    ``(b) Covered Articles.--An article referred to in subsection (a) 
is any of the following articles procured for personnel of the 
Department:
            ``(1) Uniforms.
            ``(2) Protective gear.
            ``(3) Badges or other insignia indicating the rank, office, 
        or position of personnel.
            ``(4) Identification cards.
    ``(c) Availability Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the 
extent that the Secretary determines that satisfactory quality and 
sufficient quantity of the article cannot be procured as and when 
needed at United States market prices. If such a determination is made 
with respect to an article, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) notify the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
        and Governmental Affairs of the Senate within 7 days after 
        making the determination; and
            ``(2) include in that notification a certification that 
        manufacturing the article outside the United States does not 
        pose a risk to the national security of the United States, as 
        well as a detailed explanation of the steps any facility 
        outside the United States that is manufacturing the article 
        will be required to take to ensure that the materials, 
        patterns, logos, designs, or any other element used in or for 
        the article are not misappropriated.
    ``(d) Other Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to--
            ``(1) acquisitions at or below the micro-purchase threshold 
        (as defined in section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement 
        Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428)); or
            ``(2) acquisitions outside the United States for use 
        outside of the United States.
    ``(e) Relationship to Waiver Under Trade Agreements Act of 1979.--
Subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding any waiver under section 301 
of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 835 the following new item:

``826. Requirement that certain articles procured for Department 
                            personnel be manufactured in the United 
                            States.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section take effect 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to any 
contract entered into on or after that date for the procurement of 
items to which such amendments apply.
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