Amendment to the Fascell amendment (A001) authorized the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 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
275
Description
Amendment to the Fascell amendment (A001) authorized the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 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 provide that the ACDA will award contracts in compliance with "Buy-American" requirements.
Congress
101
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Oct 12, 1989
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
13:13:39
Submitted Date
Oct 12, 1989
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 10, 2021
Amendment 275 — Informed