[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC10d]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 10d. Clarification of Congressional intent regarding
sections 10a and 10b(a)
In order to clarify the original intent of Congress, hereafter,
section 10a of this title and that part of section 10b(a) of this title
preceding the words ``Provided, however,'' shall be regarded as
requiring the purchase, for public use within the United States, of
articles, materials, or supplies manufactured in the United States in
sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a
satisfactory quality, unless the head of the department or independent
establishment concerned shall determine their purchase to be
inconsistent with the public interest or their cost to be unreasonable.
(Oct. 29, 1949, ch. 787, title VI, Sec. 633, 63 Stat. 1024; Pu
