An amendment allowing the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce, to award to a domestic firm contracts which would otherwise be awarded to a foreign firm, if the difference between comparable bids is not more than 6% and if the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the U.S. and at least 51% of the final product is domestically produced.

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Amendment Number
269
Description
An amendment allowing the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce, to award to a domestic firm contracts which would otherwise be awarded to a foreign firm, if the difference between comparable bids is not more than 6% and if the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the U.S. and at least 51% of the final product is domestically produced.
Purpose
Amendment requires the Secretary of the Interior to award contracts to domestic firms, which under competitive procedures would be awarded to foreign firms, when the final product of the domestic firm would be completely assembled in the United States with 51% of the final product produced domestically, and not more than a six percent difference existed between the foreign and domestic firm bids.
Congress
102
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 23, 1991
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
17:24:46
Submitted Date
Jul 23, 1991
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 7, 2021
Amendment 269 — Informed