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HAMDT 65 (102nd)

Amendments en bloc: 1) require the Secretary of State to award contracts to domestic firms, which under competitive procedures would be awarded to foreign firms, when the final product of the domestic firm would be completely assembled in the United States with 51% of the final product produced domestically, and not more than a six percent difference existed between the foreign and domestic firm bids; 2) restrict the awarding of procurement contracts with foreign countries who practice discrimination against U.S. products; 3) prohibit the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels; and 4) add language stating as the sense of Congress that any American firm that receives a contract pursuant to the Act should employ U.S. workers to carry out such contract.