Amendment103rd Congress
Amendment: (1) requires that funds expended under this Act comply with the Buy American Act; (2) states as the sense of Congress that only American-made equipment and products be purchased with funds provided by this Act; (3) calls for a prohibition against contracts being awarded to persons who have improperly used the "Made in America" label; and (4) requires a report to Congress on mining claims in the U.S. held by foreign firms.
- Amendment Number
- 400
- Description
- Amendment: (1) requires that funds expended under this Act comply with the Buy American Act; (2) states as the sense of Congress that only American-made equipment and products be purchased with funds provided by this Act; (3) calls for a prohibition against contracts being awarded to persons who have improperly used the "Made in America" label; and (4) requires a report to Congress on mining claims in the U.S. held by foreign firms.
- Purpose
- An amendment comprised of two amendments offered en bloc to require the Interior Department to report to Congress annually on the percentage of hardrock mining claims held by foreign firms; to provide that funds appropriated under the bill may be expended only if the party expending the funds agrees to comply with the Buy American Act; to express the sense of Congress that assistance provided under the bill should be used only to purchase American-made equipment and products, and require that recipients of assistance receive a notice describing this sense of Congress; and, finally to prohibit the use of funds provided under the bill to contract with any entity which has been found to have made fraudulent use of a "Made in America" label or description.
- Congress
- 103
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Nov 16, 1993
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Traficant amendments (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 18:55:30
- Submitted Date
- Nov 16, 1993
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021