1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Prohibiting False “Made in America” Claims Act”.
Prohibiting False Made in America Claims Act
A BILL
To require debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of Made in America labels.
2. Debarment required of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
Debarment required— Subsection (a) of section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “the Secretary shall” and all that follows through the period and inserting “the person shall be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense unless the Secretary waives the debarment under subsection (b).”.
Waiver authority and notification requirement— Section 2410f of such title is further amended—
by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and
by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsections:
“(b) Waiver for national security—The Secretary may waive a debarment required by subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the exercise of such a waiver would be in the national security interests of the United States.
“(c) Notification—The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees annually, not later than March 1 of each year, of any exercise of the waiver authority under subsection (b).”
Technical amendments— Section 2410f of such title is further amended—
in subsection (a), by inserting “Debarment required.—” after “(a)”; and
in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b), by inserting “Definition.—” before “In this section”.