The Berry Amendment : Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense contracts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RL-31236 in the 2012 issue.

Discusses the Berry Amendment, which requires the U.S. military to purchase U.S.-manufactured products. Provides brief information on major developments, identifies public resources related to Berry Amendment, reviews history and current application of Berry Amendment, evaluates controversy surrounding Amendment, considers various options for Congress, and covers past and present legislative actions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Berry Amendment

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Restricted for use by site license.