TITLE 41 , CHAPTER 1 , Sec. 10b-2.

SOURCE
Pub. L. 106-259, title VIII, Sec. 8036, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 682.

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Buy American Act, referred to in text, is title III of act Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 212, 47 Stat. 1520, as amended, which enacted sections 10a, 10b, and 10c of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 10c of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 10a of this title and Tables.

The Trade Agreement Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, Pub. L. 96-39, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 144. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 2501 of Title 19, Customs Duties, and Tables

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior acts:

Pub. L. 106-79, title VIII, Sec. 8038, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1239.

Pub. L. 105-262, title VIII, Sec. 8038, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2305.

Pub. L. 105-56, title VIII, Sec. 8040, Oct. 8, 1997, 111 Stat. 1229.

Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(b) (title VIII, Sec. 8042), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-71, 3009-97.

Pub. L. 104-61, title VIII, Sec. 8051, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 662.

Pub. L. 103-335, title VIII, Sec. 8058, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2631.

Pub. L. 103-139, title VIII, Sec. 8069, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1455.

Pub. L. 102-396, title IX, Sec. 9096, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1924, as amended by Pub. L. 103-355, title VII, Sec. 7206(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3382.

Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 833, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1447.

Pub. L. 102-172, title VIII, Sec. 8123, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1205.

Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 823, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1504

BUY AMERICAN ACT WAIVER RESCISSIONS

Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 849(c), (d), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1725, provided that: ''(c) Buy American Act Waiver Rescissions. - (1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign country. ''(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in that country. ''(d) Definition. - 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.).'

Notes on Sec. 10b-2.