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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3134

To amend title 10, United States Code, and title III of the Federal Property 

and Administrative Services Act to require certain prospective government contractors to employ at least 50 percent of their employees in 

the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 

GILLMOR, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. QUINN, Mr. GOODE, Ms. 

KAPTUR, and Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, and title III of 

the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 

to require certain prospective government contractors to 

employ at least 50 percent of their employees in the 

United States.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Manufac5 turing Jobs Retention Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN PROSPECTIVE GOV2 ERNMENT CONTRACTORS TO EMPLOY AT 

3 LEAST 50 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES IN THE 

4 UNITED STATES. 

5 (a) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 2305 of title 10, 

6 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(h) REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE

9 UNITED STATES.—(1) In the case of any contract for the 

10 procurement of goods and services to be entered into by 

11 a military department, the head of the military depart12 ment may not consider a covered prospective contractor 

13 to be a responsible source unless the covered prospective 

14 contractor employs at least 50 percent of its employees 

15 in the United States. 

16 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a prospective 

17 contractor is covered if at least 10 percent of its annual 

18 gross receipts, during the year preceding the year in which 

19 the contractor submits a bid or proposal for the contract 

20 concerned, was attributable to contracts with the Federal 

21 Government.’’. 

22 (b) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Section 303B of 

23 title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv24 ices Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253b) is amended by adding 

25 at the end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(n) REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE

2 UNITED STATES.—(1) In the case of any contract for the 

3 procurement of goods and services to be entered into by 

4 an executive agency, the head of the executive agency may 

5 not consider a covered prospective contractor to be a re6 sponsible source unless the covered prospective contractor 

7 employs at least 50 percent of its employees in the United 

8 States. 

9 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a prospective 

10 contractor is covered if at least 10 percent of its annual 

11 gross receipts, during the year preceding the year in which 

12 the contractor submits a bid or proposal for the contract 

13 concerned, was attributable to contracts with the Federal 

14 Government.’’. 

15 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall be implemented through revisions to the 

17 Federal Acquisition Regulation.

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