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                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
            CHAPTER 141--MISCELLANEOUS PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2410f. Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of 
        ``Made in America'' labels
        
    (a) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been 
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United 
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, not 
later than 90 days after determining that the person has been so 
convicted, whether the person should be debarred from contracting with 
the Department of Defense.
    (b) In this section, the term ``debar'' has the meaning given that 
term by section 2393(c) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 834(a)(1), Oct. 23, 
1992, 106 Stat. 2461; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1062(f), title XV, Sec. 1503(a)(22), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 444, 
512.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1062(f), struck out at end 
``If the Secretary determines that the person should not be debarred, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on such determination 
not later than 30 days after the determination is made.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1503(a)(22), substituted ``In'' 
for ``For purposes of''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Section 834(b) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``Section 2410f of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 
effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 
1992].''


                        Prohibition of Contracts

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VIII, Sec. 825(b)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-220, provided that: ``If the Secretary 
of Defense determines that a person has been convicted of intentionally 
affixing a label bearing a `Made in America' inscription, or another 
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to 
the United States that is not made in the United States, the Secretary 
shall determine, in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United 
States Code, whether the person should be debarred from contracting with 
the Department of Defense.''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
authorization acts:
    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 816(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 712.
    Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 849(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 
Stat. 1725.
