I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2856 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2009 Ms. Fallin (for herself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Boren, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Cole, Mr. Skelton, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Hunter) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military decorations, ribbons, badges, medals, insignia, and other uniform accouterments used by the Armed Forces be produced in the United States.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the U.S. Military Medals and Insignia Pride and Patriotism Act of 2009.

2.

Requirement to buy military decorations, ribbons, badges, medals, insignia, and other uniform accouterments produced in the United States

(a)

Requirement

Subchapter III of chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

2495c.

Requirement to buy military decorations and other uniform accouterments from American sources; exceptions

(a)

Buy-American requirement

A military exchange store or other nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense may not purchase for resale any military decorations, ribbons, badges, medals, insignia, and other uniform accouterments that are not produced in the United States. Competitive procedures shall be used in selecting the United States producer of the decorations. (b)

Heraldic quality control

No certificate of authority (contained in part 507 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations) for the manufacture and sale of any item reference in subsection (a) by the Institute of Heraldry, the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, or the Marine Corps Combat Equipment and Support Systems for quality control and specifications purposes shall be permitted unless these items are from domestic material manufactured in the United States. (c)

Exception

Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to the extent that the Secretary of Defense determines that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of an item covered by subsection (a) and produced in the United States cannot be procured. (d)

United states defined

In this section, the term United States includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

. (b)

Clerical amendment

The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 2495c. Requirement to buy military decorations and other uniform accouterments from American sources; exceptions. . (c)

Conforming amendment

Section 2533a(b)(1) of such title is amended— (1)in subparagraph (D), by striking or at the end; (2)in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (3)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F)military decorations, ribbons, badges, medals, insignia, and other uniform accouterments. .