41 U.S.C. § 10a : US Code - Section 10A: American materials required for public use

Search 41 U.S.C. § 10a : US Code - Section 10A: American materials required for public use

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless the head
of the department or independent establishment concerned shall
determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the
cost to be unreasonable, only such unmanufactured articles,
materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the
United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and
supplies as have been manufactured in the United States
substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined,
produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United
States, shall be acquired for public use. This section shall not
apply with respect to articles, materials, or supplies for use
outside the United States, or if articles, materials, or supplies
of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or
supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced,
or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in
sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a
satisfactory quality. This section shall not apply to manufactured
articles, materials, or supplies procured under any contract the
award value of which is less than or equal to the micro-purchase
threshold under section 428 of this title.