[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 194 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 194

   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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2013

  Ms. Kaptur 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 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 2013''.

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

    (a) In General.--Section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, 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)(1) that it is 
                inconsistent with the public interest to enter into a 
                contract in accordance with this Act.
                    ``(B) The exception under subparagraph (B) of 
                subsection (a)(2) shall not apply.
                    ``(C) The exception under subparagraph (C) of 
                subsection (a)(2) 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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