New 'Buy American' provision added to defense policy bill

By Tony Bertuca / September 2, 2021 at 12:02 PM
Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) was successful in adding a "Buy American" amendment last night to the House Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill that would require the Pentagon to begin procuring more materials for major defense acquisition programs from domestic sources. The approved amendment would require the Pentagon to increase procurements from domestic sources from 55% to 60% immediately upon enactment of the bill, and then ramp up to 65% by 2024 and 75%...

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