H.R. 4729 – Reading Mode

113th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4729

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 22, 2014

Mr. Grayson (for himself and Ms. Shea-Porter) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of Made in America labels.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting False Made in America Claims Act.

Debarment required of persons convicted of fraudulent use of Made in America labels

(a)

Debarment required

Subsection (a) of section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the Secretary shall and all that follows through the period and inserting the person shall be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense unless the Secretary waives the debarment under subsection (b)..

(b)

Waiver authority and notification requirement

Section 2410f of such title is further amended—

(1)

by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and

(2)

by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsections:

(b)

Waiver for national security

The Secretary may waive a debarment required by subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the exercise of such a waiver would be in the national security interests of the United States.

(c)

Notification

The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees annually, not later than March 1 of each year, of any exercise of the waiver authority under subsection (b).

(c)

Technical amendments

Section 2410f of such title is further amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by inserting Debarment required.— after (a); and

(2)

in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b), by inserting Definition.— before In this section.