S.Amdt. 827

SA 827. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS FOR ITEMS USED OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES.

For any item (excluding petroleum) to be used outside the
United States that is not to be used on an urgent basis and
is not subject to the requirements under chapter 83 of title
41, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Buy
American Act''), the Secretary of Defense shall direct
contracting personnel to identify and give consideration to
domestically sourced and Buy American compliant items before
soliciting offers for items that are not compliant with the
Buy American Act.
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