Prohibiting False 'Made in America' Claims Act

Bill: 113-hr-4729
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Military procurement, research, weapons development
Latest action: action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Prohibiting False &quot;Made in America&quot; Claims Act - Requires a person convicted of intentionally affixing a &quot;Made in America&quot; label to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America to be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense (DOD) unless the Secretary of Defense waives such debarment in the interest of national security (current law requires the Secretary to decide whether a convicted person should be debarred). </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to notify the congressional defense committees annually of any exercise of such waiver authority.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4729 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2014 Mr. Grayson (for himself and Ms. Shea-Porter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of Made in America labels.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting False Made in America Claims Act . 2. Debarment required of persons convicted of fraudulent use of Made in America labels (a) Debarment required Subsection (a) of section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the Secretary shall and all that follows through the period and inserting the person shall be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense unless the Secretary waives the debarment under subsection (b). . (b) Waiver authority and notification requirement Section 2410f of such title is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsections: (b) Waiver for national security The Secretary may waive a debarment required by subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the exercise of such a waiver would be in the national security interests of the United States. (c) Notification The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees annually, not later than March 1 of each year, of any exercise of the waiver authority under subsection (b). . (c) Technical amendments Section 2410f of such title is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting Debarment required.— after (a) ; and (2) in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b), by inserting Definition.— before In this section .