Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web the Berry Amendment : Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources Updated April 21, 2005

By Grasso, Valerie Bailey

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web the Berry Amendment : Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources Updated April 21, 2005
Author:	Grasso, Valerie Bailey
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: 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. Since then numerous other items have been proposed and/or added. Congress modified the Berry Amendment in Section 832 of S. 1438, the FY2002 DOD Authorization Act, Public Law 107-107. The Berry Amendment is now part of the United States Code, Title 10, Section 2533a. The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) was amended to include exceptions for the acquisition of food, speciality metals, and hand or measuring tools when needed to support contingency operations or when the use of other than competitive procedures is based on an unusual and compelling urgency; it was revised in January 2005 to add new items, components, and materials covered under the Berry Amendment.

Table of Contents
Contents Major New Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Controversy Over the Berry Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 History of the Berry Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 When Was It Enacted and Why? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How Does the Buy American Act Differ From the Berry Amendment? . . . . 7 What Is The Relevance of the Berry Amendment Today? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Current Application of the Berry Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Department of Defense Views of the Berry Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Legislative Actions in the 108th, 107th, and 106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Other Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Options for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Option 1: Take no action, retain the Berry Amendment as enacted . . . . . 16 Option 2: Eliminate Some Selected Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Option 3: Adopt a “Componency Standard” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Option 4: Study the Lessening or Elimination of Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Option 5: Study What Percentage of Domestic Clothing, Textiles, Food, and Specialty Metals Is Sold to the Military . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Option 6: Appoint a “Berry Amendment Commission” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Option 7: Audit and Investigate Berry Amendment Contracts . . . . . . . . . . 18