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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2552 
To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from procuring certain 
items directly related to the national security unless the items are grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2015 
Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself, Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, and Mr. 
SIRES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from pro-
curing certain items directly related to the national secu-
rity unless the items are grown, reprocessed, reused, 
or produced in 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 ‘‘Berry Amendment Ex-
tension Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON DE-
PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; EXCEP-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT; EXCEPTIONS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
sections (c) through (e), the Secretary may not procure 
an item described in subsection (b) if the item is not 
grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) COVERED ITEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An item referred to in sub-
section (a) is any item described in paragraph (2), 
if the item is directly related to the national security 
interests of the United States. 
‘‘(2) ITEMS DESCRIBED.—An item described in 
this paragraph is any article or item of— 
‘‘(A) clothing and the materials and com-
ponents thereof, other than sensors, electronics, 
or other items added to, and not normally asso-
ciated with, clothing (and the materials and 
components thereof); 
‘‘(B) tents, tarpaulins, or covers; 
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‘‘(C) cotton and other natural fiber prod-
ucts, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk 
yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or 
coated synthetic fabric (including all textile fi-
bers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics), 
canvas products, or wool (whether in the form 
of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, mate-
rials, or manufactured articles); or 
‘‘(D) any item of individual equipment 
manufactured from or containing such fibers, 
yarns, fabrics, or materials. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY
EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) 
does not apply to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any 
such article or item described in subsection (b)(2) grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States can-
not be procured as and when needed. 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
PROCUREMENTS 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Subsection (a) does not 
apply to the following: 
‘‘(1) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters. 
‘‘(2) Emergency procurements. 
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION
FOR SMALL PURCHASES.—Sub-
section (a) does not apply to purchases for amounts not 
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