In subsection (a), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b)(1), reference to fiscal years 2007 and 2008 is omitted as obsolete.

The Build America, Buy America Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 117–58, div. G. title IX, subtitle A, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1294, which is set out in a note under section 8301 of this title. The Act was enacted in fiscal year 2022.

2021—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–58, § 70922(e)(1)(A), substituted “Federal agency” for “department or independent establishment” and “their acquisition to be inconsistent with the public interest, their cost to be unreasonable, or that the articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used, or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured, are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality” for “their acquisition to be inconsistent with the public interest or their cost to be unreasonable”.

Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 117–58, § 70922(e)(1)(B), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: “if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used, or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured, are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and are not of a satisfactory quality; and”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–58, § 70922(c), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to submission of reports no later than 180 days after the end of each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–58, § 70922(a), added subsec. (c).

Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.