Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, tit. VIII, subtit. E, sec. 849
BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS.
SEC. 849. BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS. (a) Compliance with Buy American Act.—No funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. (b) Prohibition of Contracts.—If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a “Made in America” inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense. (c) Buy American Act Waiver Rescissions.—(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign country. (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in that country. (d) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “Buy American Act” means title III of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for 107 STAT. 1726the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).