[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 119 (Thursday, September 13, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H5616-H5617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

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                               H.R. 2646

                        Offered By Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title IX (page ____, after 
     line ____), insert the following new section:

     SEC. ____. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT AND SENSE OF 
                   CONGRESS REGARDING PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE 
                   EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES USING FUNDS 
                   PROVIDED UNDER THIS ACT.

       (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--No funds made 
     available under this Act, whether directly using funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation or pursuant to an authorization 
     of appropriations contained in this Act, may be provided to a 
     producer or other person or entity unless the producer, 
     person, or entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act 
     (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c) in the expenditure of the funds.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--In the case of any equipment, 
     products, or services that may be authorized to be purchased 
     using funds provided under this Act, it is the sense of 
     Congress that producers and other recipients of such funds 
     should, in expending the funds, purchase only American-made 
     equipment, products, and services.
       (c) Notice to Recipients of Funds.--In providing payments 
     or other assistance under this Act, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall provide to each recipient of the funds a 
     notice describing the requirements of subsection (a) and the 
     statement made in subsection (b) by Congress.