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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6044 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the United States 

Agency for International Development from procuring manufactured articles to provide disaster relief assistance or emergency relief assistance 

in a foreign country unless the articles are manufactured in such foreign 

country or in certain circumstances in the United States or third countries. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and 

Mr. MANZULLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit 

the United States Agency for International Development 

from procuring manufactured articles to provide disaster 

relief assistance or emergency relief assistance in a foreign country unless the articles are manufactured in 

such foreign country or in certain circumstances in the 

United States or third countries. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Manufac3 turing Disaster Relief Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN BUY AMERICAN RE5 QUIREMENTS TO DISASTER RELIEF ASSIST6 ANCE AND EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE 

7 UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 

8 1961. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 604 of the Foreign Assist10 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2354) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(h) CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN BUY AMERICAN

13 REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), the Administrator may not procure a 

16 manufactured article to provide disaster relief assist17 ance or emergency relief assistance in a foreign 

18 country unless the article is manufactured in such 

19 foreign country. 

20 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) FOR U.S.-MANUFACTURED ARTI22 CLES.—If the Administrator determines that 

23 satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of 

24 the article described in paragraph (1) cannot be 

25 procured as and when needed, the Adminis26 trator may procure an article manufactured in 


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1 the United States to provide disaster relief as2 sistance or emergency relief assistance in such 

3 foreign country. 

4 ‘‘(B) FOR OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTI5 CLES.—If the Administrator determines that 

6 satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of 

7 the article described in paragraph (A) cannot be 

8 procured as and when needed, the Adminis9 trator may procure an article manufactured in 

10 any other country to provide disaster relief as11 sistance or emergency relief assistance in such 

12 foreign country. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL

14 AGREEMENTS.—No provision of this subsection shall 

15 apply to the extent the Administrator, in consulta16 tion with the United States Trade Representative, 

17 determines that it is inconsistent with United States 

18 obligations under an international agreement. 

19 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

20 ‘‘(A) the term ‘Administrator’ means the 

21 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

22 International Development; 

23 ‘‘(B) the term ‘disaster relief assistance’ 

24 means assistance under chapter 9 of part I of 

25 this Act; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the term ‘emergency relief assistance’ 

2 means assistance under part I of this Act to ad3 dress an urgent situation in which a population 

4 is in imminent danger of increased malnutrition 

5 and mortality as a result of food shortages; and 

6 ‘‘(D) the term ‘manufactured’ means, with 

7 respect to a country, the article has been manu8 factured in such country substantially all from 

9 articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, 

10 or manufactured, as the case may be, in such 

11 country.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 this section takes effect 90 days after the date of the en14 actment of this Act and applies to any contract entered 

15 into on or after that date for the procurement of articles 

16 to which such amendment applies. 

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