Amendment101st Congress
Amendment authorized the Secretary of State to award contracts to domestic firms, which under normal 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 50% of the final product produced domestically, and no more than a 6% difference existed between the foreign and domestic bids.
- Amendment Number
- 24
- Description
- Amendment authorized the Secretary of State to award contracts to domestic firms, which under normal 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 50% of the final product produced domestically, and no more than a 6% difference existed between the foreign and domestic bids.
- Purpose
- An amendment authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to award contracts to domestic firms which, under normal competitive procedures, would be awarded to a foreign firm if the final product of the domestic firm is completely assembled in the United States and not less than 50 percent of the final product will be domestically produced and if the difference between the competitive bids is not more than 6 percent.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Apr 12, 1989
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A015) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 15:04:35
- Submitted Date
- Apr 12, 1989
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021