[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3444

   To require that textile and apparel articles acquired for use by 
    executive agencies be manufactured from articles, materials, or 
   supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United 
                                States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2012

 Mr. Brown of Ohio 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 require that textile and apparel articles acquired for use by 
    executive agencies be manufactured from articles, materials, or 
   supplies entirely grown, produced, or 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 ``Wear American Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROCURE TEXTILE AND APPAREL ARTICLES 
              MANUFACTURED ENTIRELY OF DOMESTIC COMPONENTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council shall 
amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require Federal agencies to 
procure textiles and apparel articles, including components for such 
articles, that are manufactured in the United States wholly from 
articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in 
the United States. The Federal Acquisition Regulation, as so amended, 
shall provide that the requirement applicable to textiles and apparel 
articles is subject to the same exceptions applicable to other 
articles, materials, and supplies under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 8302(a) of title 41, United States Code.
    (b) Training.--The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that 
each member of the acquisition workforce of the agency who participates 
substantially in the agency's acquisition of textiles and apparel 
articles on a regular basis receives training on the requirements 
implemented pursuant to subsection (a) not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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