[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2039 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2039

   To clarify the applicability of the Buy American Act to products 
   purchased for the use of the legislative branch, to prohibit the 
application of any of the exceptions to the requirements of such Act to 
     products bearing a Congressional seal, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2009

 Ms. Kaptur (for herself and Mr. Hare) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 clarify the applicability of the Buy American Act to products 
   purchased for the use of the legislative branch, to prohibit the 
application of any of the exceptions to the requirements of such Act to 
     products bearing a Congressional seal, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Made in America 
Promise Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF BUY AMERICAN ACT TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; NO 
              EXCEPTIONS FOR PRODUCTS BEARING CONGRESSIONAL SEAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Clarification of Applicability to Articles, Materials, and 
Supplies for Use of Legislative Branch.--
            ``(1) Applicability to legislative branch.--Except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), subsection (a) applies with respect 
        to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of 
        any office in the legislative branch, including the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, in the same manner as such 
        subsection applies with respect to articles, materials, and 
        supplies acquired for the use of a department or independent 
        establishment.
            ``(2) Special rule for products bearing congressional 
        seal.--In the case of any product which bears the seal of the 
        United States House of Representatives, the seal of the United 
        States Senate, or the seal of the United States Congress and 
        which is acquired for the use of an office of the legislative 
        branch, the following shall apply:
                    ``(A) The head of the office may not make a 
                determination under subsection (a) that it is 
                inconsistent with the public interest to enter into a 
                contract in accordance with this Act.
                    ``(B) The head of the office may not make a 
                determination under subsection (a) that an article, 
                material, or supply is not mined, produced, or 
                manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States 
                in sufficient and reasonably available commercial 
                quantities and of satisfactory quality.
                    ``(C) The last sentence of subsection (a) shall not 
                apply.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 69 of the Revised Statutes of 
the United States (2 U.S.C. 109) is repealed.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the 
expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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