25 U.S.C. § 1638b — Applicability of Buy American requirement

(a) Duty of Secretary The Secretary must ensure that the requirements of the Buy American Act apply to all procurements made with funds made available to carry out this subchapter. (b) Report to Congress The Secretary must submit to the Congress a report on the amount of procurements from foreign entities made in fiscal years 1993 and 1994 with funds made available to carry out this subchapter. Such report must separately indicate the dollar value of items procured with such funds for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 or any international agreement to which the United States is a party. (c) Fraudulent use of Made-in-America label If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a “Made in America” inscription, or any inscription with that meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, such person must be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available to carry out this subchapter, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. (d) “Buy American Act” defined For purposes of this section, the term “Buy American Act” means title III of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1933 ( 41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) 1.