Amendment authorized the Secretary of Transportation 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.

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Amendment Number
36
Description
Amendment authorized the Secretary of Transportation 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 to permit the Transportation Department to award a contract to a higher-bidding U.S. firm instead of a foreign firm if the State and Commerce Departments and the U.S. Trade Representative determines that such a preference is in the public interest.
Congress
101
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 2, 1989
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
14:41:19
Submitted Date
May 2, 1989
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 10, 2021
Amendment 36 — Informed