HOPS Act

Bill: 115-hr-1811
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-30
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Buy American requirements

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Homeland Production Security Act or the HOPS Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the procurement of DHS uniforms not manufactured in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1811 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 30, 2017 Mr. Taylor (for himself and Mr. Correa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for the procurement of uniforms not manufactured in the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeland Production Security Act or the HOPS Act . 2. Prohibition relating to procurement of uniforms not manufactured in United States Section 604 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( 6 U.S.C. 453b ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting manufactured, after reused, ; and (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Uniforms of the Department of Homeland Security and the materials and components thereof. .