Requirement to buy certain articles from American sources; exceptions

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART V—ACQUISITION > Subpart I—Defense Industrial Base > CHAPTER 385—OTHER TECHNOLOGY BASE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER II—LIMITATIONS ON PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN ITEMS FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

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Except as provided in subsections (c) through (h), 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.

(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VIII, § 832(a)(1) , Dec. 28, 2001 , 115 Stat. 1189 , § 2533a; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VIII , §§ 826, 827, Nov. 24, 2003 , 117 Stat. 1548 ; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII , §§ 831, 833, Jan. 6, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3388 ; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VIII, § 842(a)(3) , Oct. 17, 2006 , 120 Stat. 2337 ; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(38) , Jan. 4, 2011 , 124 Stat. 3845 ; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title VIII, § 847 , title X, § 1075(b)(38), Jan. 7, 2011 , 124 Stat. 4286 , 4371; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VIII, § 821 , Dec. 31, 2011 , 125 Stat. 1502 ; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(f)(29) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 1953 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 837(b) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1875 ; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, § 854(a)(1) , (3), Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1512 ; renumbered § 4862 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VIII, § 817 , title XVIII, §§ 1870(c)(2), 1883(b)(2), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3751 , 4285, 4294; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(d)(17) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 2138 ; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VIII, § 832(a) , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 336 ; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VIII , §§ 842(a), (c), 843, Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1990 , 1991; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 831(a) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 960 .)

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