The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources
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The Berry Amendment requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to give preference in procurement to domestically produced, manufactured, or home grown products, notably food, clothing, fabrics, and specialty metals. In order to protect the U.S. industrial base during periods of adversity and war, Congress passed domestic source restrictions as part of the 1941 Fifth Supplemental DOD Appropriations Act; these provisions later became the Berry Amendment. This report examines the original intent and…
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Date:
October 24, 2006
Creator:
Grasso, Valerie Bailey
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department