text: SECTION 1. CODIFICATION AND MODIFICATION OF PERMANENT PROVISION 
                RELATING TO BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS.
  
      (a) Buy American Requirements.--(1) Chapter 148 of title 10, United 
  States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2533 the following 
  new section:
  ``Sec. 2533a. Requirement to buy certain articles from American 
                sources; exceptions
      ``(a) Requirement.--Except as provided in subsections (c) through 
  (g), funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of 
  Defense may not be used for the procurement of an item described in 
  subsection (b) if the item is not grown, reprocessed, reused, or 
  produced in the United States.
      ``(b) Covered Items.--An item referred to in subsection (a) is any 
  of the following:
              ``(1) An article or item of--
                      ``(A) food;
                      ``(B) clothing;
                      ``(C) tents, tarpaulins, or covers;
                      ``(D) cotton and other natural fiber products, 
                  woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for 
                  cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic 
                  fabric (including all textile fibers and yarns that are 
                  for use in such fabrics), canvas products, or wool 
                  (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in 
                  fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles); or
                      ``(E) any item of individual equipment manufactured 
                  from or containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or 
                  materials.
              ``(2) Specialty metals, including stainless steel flatware.
              ``(3) Hand or measuring tools.
      ``(c) Exception.--The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the 
  military department concerned may waive the requirement in subsection 
  (a)--
              ``(1) if such Secretary determines that satisfactory 
          quality and sufficient quantity of any such article or item 
          described in subsection (b)(1) or specialty metals (including 
          stainless steel flatware) grown, reprocessed, reused, or 
          produced in the United States cannot be procured as and when 
          needed at United States market prices;
              ``(2) such Secretary has notified the Committees on 
          Appropriations, Armed Services, and Small Business of the House 
          of Representatives and the Senate; and
              ``(3) 30 days have elapsed since the date of the 
          notification of such committees.
      ``(d) Exception for Certain Procurements Outside the United 
  States.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:
              ``(1) Procurements outside the United States in support of 
          combat operations.
              ``(2) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters.
              ``(3) Emergency procurements or procurements of perishable 
          foods by an establishment located outside the United States for 
          the personnel attached to such establishment.
      ``(e) Exception for Specialty Metals and Chemical Warfare 
  Protective Clothing.--Subsection (a) does not preclude the procurement 
  of specialty metals or chemical warfare protective clothing produced 
  outside the United States if--
              ``(1) such procurement is necessary--
                      ``(A) to comply with agreements with foreign 
                  governments requiring the United States to purchase 
                  supplies from foreign sources for the purposes of 
                  offsetting sales made by the United States Government 
                  or United States firms under approved programs serving 
                  defense requirements; or
                      ``(B) in furtherance of agreements with foreign 
                  governments in which both such governments agree to 
                  remove barriers to purchases of supplies produced in 
                  the other country or services performed by sources of 
                  the other country; and
              ``(2) any such agreement with a foreign government 
          complies, where applicable, with the requirements of section 36 
          of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) and with 
          section 2457 of this title.
      ``(f) Exception for Certain Foods.--Subsection (a) does not 
  preclude the procurement of foods manufactured or processed in the 
  United States.
      ``(g) Exception for Small Purchases.--Subsection (a) does not apply 
  to purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition 
  threshold referred to in section 2304(g) of this title.
      ``(h) Applicability to Contracts and Subcontracts for Procurement 
  of Commercial Items.--This section is applicable to contracts and 
  subcontracts for the procurement of commercial items notwithstanding 
  section 34 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
  430).
      ``(i) Geographic Coverage.--In this section, the term `United 
  States' includes the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the 
  United States.''.
      (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
  amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2533 the 
  following new item:
  
  ``2533a. Requirement to buy certain articles from American sources; 
                              exceptions.''.
      (b) Repeal of Source Provisions.--The following provisions of law 
  are repealed:
              (1) Section 9005 of the Department of Defense 
          Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396; 10 U.S.C. 2241 
          note).
              (2) Section 8109 of the Department of Defense 
          Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of 
          Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note).
target: Codifies under Federal armed forces law certain provisions under prior defense appropriations Acts which prohibit funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense from being used to procure the following items if such items are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States: (1) food; (2) clothing; (3) tents, tarpaulins, or covers; (4) cotton and other natural fiber products, silk or silk blends, synthetic fabrics, canvas products, or wool; (5) any equipment manufactured from or containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials; (6) specialty metals, including stainless steel flatware; and (7) hand or measuring tools. Allows an exception: (1) when the item cannot be procured when needed (after certain congressional notification); (2) for certain procurements outside the United States; (3) for certain specialty metals and chemical warfare protective clothing procured outside the United States; (4) for foods manufactured or processed in the United States; and (5) for small purchases under the defense simplified acquisition threshold.Makes such prohibitions applicable to contracts for the procurement of commercial items under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.
feat_title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify and make modifications to certain provisions relating to "Buy American" requirements.