I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1686 
To amend the Homeland Security Act to require that uniforms, protective 
gear, badges, and identification cards of personnel be manufactured in 
the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2007 
Mr. ETHERIDGE (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, and Mr. THOMPSON 
of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act to require that uni-
forms, protective gear, badges, and identification cards 
of personnel be manufactured in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Secure American Federal Equipment Pro-
curement Act—DHS SAFE Procurement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT UNIFORMS, PROTECTIVE 
GEAR, BADGES, AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL BE 
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 836. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN ARTICLES PRO-
CURED FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL BE 
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in section 
(c), funds appropriated or otherwise available to the De-
partment may not be used for the procurement of an arti-
cle described in section (b) if the item is not manufactured 
in the United States. 
‘‘(b) COVERED ARTICLES.—An article referred to in 
subsection (a) is any of the following articles procured for 
personnel of the Department: 
‘‘(1) Uniforms. 
‘‘(2) Protective gear. 
‘‘(3) Badges or other insignia indicating the 
rank, office, or position of personnel. 
‘‘(4) Identification cards. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY
EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) 
does not apply to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of the ar-
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ticle cannot be procured as and when needed at United 
States market prices. If such a determination is made with 
respect to an article, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate within 7 days after making the 
determination; and 
‘‘(2) include in that notification a certification 
that manufacturing the article outside the United 
States does not pose a risk to the national security 
of the United States, as well as a detailed expla-
nation of the steps any facility outside the United 
States that is manufacturing the article will be re-
quired to take to ensure that the materials, patterns, 
logos, designs, or any other element used in or for 
the article are not misappropriated. 
‘‘(d) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not 
apply to— 
‘‘(1) acquisitions at or below the micro-purchase 
threshold (as defined in section 32 of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428)); 
or 
‘‘(2) acquisitions outside the United States for 
use outside of the United States. 
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‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO WAIVER UNDER TRADE 
AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979.—Subsection (a) shall apply 
notwithstanding any waiver under section 301 of the 
Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 835 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘826. Requirement that certain articles procured for Department personnel be 
manufactured in the United States.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section take effect 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and apply to any contract entered into 
on or after that date for the procurement of items to which 
such amendments apply. 
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