41 U.S.C. § 10b-2 : US Code - Section 10B-2: Limitation on authority to waive Buy American Act requirement

Search 41 U.S.C. § 10b-2 : US Code - Section 10B-2: Limitation on authority to waive Buy American Act requirement

(a) Buy American Act waiver rescissions
(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the
United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign
country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2)
has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against
certain types of products produced in the United States that are
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind
the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect
to such types of products produced in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding between the United
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of
Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain
products in that country.
(b) Definition
For purposes of this section, the term "Buy American Act" means
title III of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the
Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1934, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1933 (41
U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
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