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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1870a. Buy-American requirements
(a) Award of contracts
The Director shall, to the maximum extent practicable and
consistent with current law, award to domestic firms any contracts
for the purchase of goods and services intended for direct use by
the Foundation.
(b) Report
The Director shall, as soon as possible after October 31, 1988,
prepare a report on -
(1) the number of Foundation contracts entered into with
foreign firms in fiscal year 1988;
(2) the number of such contracts entered into with domestic
firms in that fiscal year;
(3) the number of contracts entered into with foreign firms
where the Foundation also received a technically acceptable bid
from a domestic firm; and
(4) any steps the Foundation will take to increase the number
of contracts awarded to domestic firms.
Such report shall be submitted to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committees
on Labor and Human Resources and Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate.
(c) Definitions
For the purposes of this section -
(1) the term "domestic firm" means a business entity which is
organized under the laws of the United States or the laws of a
State, district, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States, and which conducts business operations in the
United States; and
(2) the term "foreign firm" means a business entity not
described in paragraph (1).
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