                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 109. American goods to be preferred in purchases for Senate 
        and House
        
    The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives shall, in disbursing the public moneys for 
the use of the two Houses, respectively, purchase only articles the 
growth and manufacture of the United States, provided the articles 
required can be procured of such growth and manufacture upon as good 
terms as to quality and price as are demanded for like articles of 
foreign growth and manufacture.

(R.S. Sec. 69; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 204(57), Aug. 20, 1996, 
110 Stat. 1738.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 69 derived from act June 17, 1844, ch. 105, Sec. 1, 5 
Stat. 681.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``Chief Administrative Officer'' 
for ``Clerk''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 112 of this title.
