Pub. L. 93-155, tit. VIII, sec. 813

Sec. 813. (a) No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated under a contract entered into by the Department of Defense after the date of the enactment of this Act for procurement of goods which are other than American goods unless, under regulations of the Secretary of Defense and subject to the determinations and exceptions contained in title III of the Act of March 3, 1933, as amended (47 Stat. 1520; 41 U.S.C. 10a, 10b), popularly known as the Buy American Act, there is adequate consideration given to— (1) the bids or proposals of firms located in labor surplus areas in the United States as designated by the Department of Labor which have offered to furnish American goods; (2) the bids or proposals of small business firms in the United States which have offered to furnish American goods; (3) the bids or proposals of all other firms in the United States which have offered to furnish American goods; (4) the United States balance of payments; (5) the. cost of shipping goods which are other than American goods; and (6) any duty, tariff or surcharge which may enter into the cost of using goods which are other than American goods. (b) For purposes of this section, the term “goods which are other than American goods” means (1) an end product which has not been mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States, or (2) an end product manufactured in the United States but the cost of the components thereof which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds the cost of components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.