[20080829]97-765A_《购买美国货法案》：要求政府采购来自国内.pdf

1 41 U.S.C. 10a through 10d.2 There are numerous “little Buy American” provisions which generally govern specific types ofprocurements that are for some reason exempt from the Buy American Act, usually because theprocurement is for articles for use outside of the United States. These provisions are beyond thescope of this paper, but should be considered when researching whether or not a domestic(continued.)Order Code 97-765 AUpdated August 29, 2008The Buy American Act: RequiringGovernment Procurements to Come fromDomestic SourcesJohn R. LuckeyLegislative Attorney American Law DivisionSummaryThe Buy American Act is the major domestic preference statute governingprocurement by the federal government. Essentially it attempts to protect domestic laborby providing a preference for American goods in government purchases. It was enactedin 1933 and has only been substantively amended four times in the succeeding years.In determining what are American goods, the place of mining, production, ormanufacture is controlling. The nationality of the contractor is not considered whendetermining if a product is of domestic origin.In the 110th Congress a new reporting requirement was added to the Buy