I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6262 
To stimulate job creation by directing Federal procurement to domestic 
sources, to ensure the enforcement of domestic sourcing requirements, 
to prohibit the procurement of sweatshop goods by the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. HARE (for himself, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. MOORE 
of Wisconsin, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. FILNER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, 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 stimulate job creation by directing Federal procurement 
to domestic sources, to ensure the enforcement of domes-
tic sourcing requirements, to prohibit the procurement 
of sweatshop goods by the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Jobs Through Procure-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) United States Government procurement 
from domestic manufacturers is vital to economic re-
covery, and subcontractors should be bound by the 
same domestic sourcing requirements as prime con-
tractors. 
(2) The Berry Amendment and the Buy Amer-
ican Act are not implemented as intended by Con-
gress when contractors procure significant amounts 
of goods from subcontractors that obtain such goods 
from nondomestic sources. 
(3) The United States Government should not 
procure goods manufactured or produced in facilities 
that do not comply with core labor standards, as de-
fined under the laws of the United States and the 
Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights 
at Work of the International Labour Organization. 
(4) Workplaces that violate core labor stand-
ards are commonly referred to as sweatshops, and 
workers have a right to be free of sweatshop working 
conditions. 
(5) Subjecting workers to sweatshop conditions 
is morally offensive to United States citizens as tax-
payers and investors, and is degrading to workers. 
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(6) Prohibiting the procurement of sweatshop 
goods, regardless of the source of the goods, is con-
sistent with the international obligations of the 
United States because the prohibition applies equally 
to domestic and foreign products and avoids any dis-
crimination among foreign sources of competing 
products. 
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC 
SOURCING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) BUY AMERICAN ACT AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of 
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY
TO
CONTRACTS
AND
SUB-
CONTRACTS
FOR
PROCUREMENT
OF
COMMERCIAL 
ITEMS.—This section is applicable to contracts and sub-
contracts for the procurement of commercial items not-
withstanding section 34 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 430).’’. 
(b) CONTRACT CLAUSE REQUIRED FOR PRIME CON-
TRACTS.— 
(1) BERRY AMENDMENT COMPLIANCE CLAUSE 
IN
DEFENSE
CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall prescribe regulations to require that each 
contract of the Department of Defense for the pro-
curement of services shall contain a clause ensuring 
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compliance in the procurement of goods by the con-
tractor with section 2533a of title 10, United States 
Code (popularly known as the ‘‘Berry Amendment’’), 
regardless of whether any goods to be furnished 
under the contract are specified at the time of the 
contract. 
(2) BUY AMERICAN ACT COMPLIANCE CLAUSE 
IN ALL FEDERAL CONTRACTS.—The Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation shall be revised to require that 
each contract of the Federal Government for the 
procurement of services shall contain a clause ensur-
ing compliance in the procurement of goods by the 
contractor with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
10a et seq.), regardless of whether any goods to be 
furnished are specified at the time of the contract. 
(c) CONTRACT
CLAUSE
REQUIRED
FOR
SUB-
CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) BERRY
AMENDMENT
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to 
require that each contract of the Department of De-
fense shall contain a clause that requires the con-
tractor to include a clause in any subcontract (at 
any tier) that has a value in excess of $100,000 
under the contract ensuring compliance in the pro-
curement of goods by the subcontractor with section 
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2533a of title 10, United States Code (popularly 
known as the ‘‘Berry Amendment’’). 
(2) BUY
AMERICAN
ACT
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to 
require that each contract of the Federal Govern-
ment shall contain a clause that requires the con-
tractor to include a clause in any subcontract (at 
any tier) that has a value in excess of $100,000 
under the contract ensuring compliance in the pro-
curement of goods with the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
(d) BERRY AMENDMENT AND BUY AMERICAN ACT 
TRAINING.— 
(1) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that each member of the ac-
quisition workforce who participates in contracts for 
services under which a subcontract for the procure-
ment of manufactured or produced goods may be 
awarded receives training on compliance with section 
2533a of title 10, United States Code (popularly 
known as the ‘‘Berry Amendment’’), and the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
(2) CONTRACTOR
PROVIDING
SERVICES.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any con-
tractor that has been awarded a contract by the De-
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