RESTRICTION ON PURCHASE OF SONOBUOYS.

SEC. 833. RESTRICTION ON PURCHASE OF SONOBUOYS. (a) In General.—Section 2534 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by section 4202(a) and as amended by section 831, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Sonobuoys.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may not procure a sonobuoy manufactured in a foreign country if United States firms that manufacture sonobuoys are not permitted to compete on an equal basis with foreign manufacturing firms for the sale of sonobuoys in that foreign country. “(2) The Secretary may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) with respect to a particular procurement of sonobuoys if the Secretary determines that such procurement is in the national security interests of the United States. “(3) In this subsection, the term ‘United States firm’ has the meaning given such term in section 2532(d)(1) of this title.”. (b) Effective Date.—Subsection (f) of section 2534 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to solicitations for contracts issued after the expiration of the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.