6 USC 453b - Requirement to buy certain items related to national security interests from American sources; exceptions

An item referred to in subsection (a) is any of the following, if the item is directly related to the national security interests of the United States:

(1)

 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted.

An article or item of—

(A)

clothing and the materials and components thereof, other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with, clothing (and the materials and components thereof);

(B)

tents, tarpaulins, covers, textile belts, bags, protective equipment (including but not limited to body armor), sleep systems, load carrying equipment (including but not limited to fieldpacks), textile marine equipment, parachutes, or bandages;

(C)

cotton and other natural fiber products, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric (including all textile fibers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics), canvas products, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles); or

(D)

any item of individual equipment manufactured from or containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials.

(c)

Availability exception

(d)

De minimis exception

(e)

Exception for certain procurements outside the United States

Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:

(1)

Procurements by vessels in foreign waters.

(2)

Emergency procurements.

(f)

Exception for small purchases

(g)

Applicability to contracts and subcontracts for procurement of commercial products

(h)

Geographic coverage

(i)

Notification required within 7 days after contract award if certain exceptions applied

(j)

Training during fiscal year 2009

(1)

In general

(2)

Inclusion of information in new training programs

(k)

Consistency with international agreements

(l)

Effective date

(Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title VI, § 604, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 165; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(g)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1872; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(c)(5), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2156.)

cite as: 6 USC 453b

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