[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4019 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4019

   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 an official Congressional insignia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2010

   Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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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 an official Congressional insignia, 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 2010''.

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

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(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 official 
        congressional insignia.--In the case of any product which bears 
        an official insignia (including a mark resembling an official 
        seal) of the United States House of Representatives, the United 
        States Senate, or 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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