Amendment101st Congress
Amendment authorized the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to award contracts to domestic firms which, under normal competitive procedures would be awarded to foreign firms, if the final product would be completely assembled in the United States with 50% of the final product produced domestically, and not more than a 6% difference existed between the foreign and domestic bids.
- Amendment Number
- 256
- Description
- Amendment authorized the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to award contracts to domestic firms which, under normal competitive procedures would be awarded to foreign firms, if the final product would be completely assembled in the United States with 50% of the final product produced domestically, and not more than a 6% difference existed between the foreign and domestic bids.
- Purpose
- An amendment to provide for the inclusion of "buy-American" language in the bill. Awarding of contracts to domestic firms would be predicated upon a determination by the Administrator with the concurrence of the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce that such an award is required by public interest and meets certain requirements. The provisions of the "buy-American" language can be waived if in any instance such language is found to be in contradiction with existing U.S. trade policies or obligations.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Sep 20, 1989
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 13:56:17
- Submitted Date
- Sep 20, 1989
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021