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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1441
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for 
American companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance 
for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such 
contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless communication 
service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2003
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations, 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development and the Secretary of De-
fense to give a preference for American companies in 
the award of contracts to provide assistance for Iraq, 
and to require the use of CDMA technology in any 
such contract for the provision of commercial mobile 
wireless communication service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PREFERENCE FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES IN 
THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR ASSIST-
ANCE FOR IRAQ. 
In entering into contracts with private entities to pro-
vide assistance for Iraq, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall give preference, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, to qualified American entities. Contracts 
for which this preference shall be given shall include con-
tracts to carry out commercial mobile wireless communica-
tion service for Iraq.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF CDMA TECHNOLOGY IN 
ANY CONTRACT FOR COMMERCIAL MOBILE 
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE PRO-
VIDED AS ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ. 
In entering into any contract with a private entity 
to provide commercial mobile wireless communication 
service as assistance for Iraq, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development and 
the Secretary of Defense shall require that CDMA tech-
nology be used for such communication service. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AMERICAN ENTITY.—The term ‘‘American 
entity’’ means a company or other business entity 
that, as determined by the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development 
or the Secretary of Defense, is a company or other 
business entity the majority ownership or control of 
which is by United States citizens. 
(2) COMMERCIAL
MOBILE
WIRELESS
COMMU-
NICATION SERVICE.—The term ‘‘commercial mobile 
wireless communication service’’ means any radio 
communication service carried on between mobile 
stations or receivers and land stations, and by mo-
bile stations communicating among themselves, that 
is provided for profit and makes service available (A) 
to the public or (B) to such classes of eligible users 
as to be effectively available to a substantial portion 
of the public. 
(3) CDMA TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘CDMA 
technology’’ means code division multiple access 
technology.
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