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American Made Federal Uniforms and Apparel Act of 2026
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10264
To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to create a
domestic sourcing requirement for clothing and uniforms for executive
agencies, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 3, 2026
Mr. Fuller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to create a
domestic sourcing requirement for clothing and uniforms for executive
agencies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Made Federal Uniforms and
Apparel Act of 2026''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC SOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLOTHING AND
TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
(a) Requirement to Buy Federal Uniforms From American Sources.--
(1) Amendment.--Chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 8306. Requirement to buy certain clothing and textile products
from United States sources
``(a) Requirement.--Except as provided in subsection (c), funds
appropriated or otherwise available to a Federal agency may not be used
for the procurement of a covered item if the covered item is not grown,
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.
``(b) Applicability.--
``(1) Furnished through services.--A covered item shall be
treated as procured for purposes of this section regardless of
whether the covered item is--
``(A) purchased directly by a Federal agency;
``(B) leased or rented by a Federal agency;
``(C) furnished by a contractor in connection with
a contract for services;
``(D) furnished pursuant to a contract for laundry,
uniform management, maintenance, or similar services;
or
``(E) acquired under an indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity contract, blanket purchase
agreement, or other vehicle established for the
procurement of supplies or services.
``(2) Commercial products.--This section applies to
acquisitions of commercial products, notwithstanding sections
1906 and 1907 of this title.
``(3) Clothing.--The requirements of this section do not
apply to any sensor, electronic, or other item added to, and
not normally associated with, clothing.
``(c) Exceptions.--
``(1) Availability exception.--
``(A) In general.--Subsection (a) does not apply to
the extent that the head of the Federal agency
concerned determines that satisfactory quality and
sufficient quantity of any covered article grown,
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States
cannot be procured as and when needed at United States
market prices.
``(B) Written determination.--A determination under
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) be made in writing before award;
``(ii) identify the covered item to which
the determination applies;
``(iii) describe the basis for determining
that satisfactory domestic quality and quantity
cannot be procured as and when needed at United
States market prices; and
``(iv) be maintained in the contract file
and made available for any Member of Congress
upon request.
``(2) Exception for certain procurement outside the united
states.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a procurement of a
covered item--
``(A) outside the United States in direct support
of a contingency operation, a declared disaster, an
ordered evacuation of United States personnel, or
another operation that the head of the Federal agency
designates in writing as one for which the procurement
must occur outside the United States;
``(B) by or for an activity of a Federal agency
located outside the United States, for use by an
officer, employee, or other personnel attached to that
activity who requires the covered item in the
performance of official duties; or
``(C) for which the use of procedures other than
competitive procedures has been approved on the basis
of unusual and compelling urgency of need under section
3204(a)(2) of title 10 or section 3304(a)(2) of this
title, as applicable.
``(3) Exception for small purchases.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), subsection (a) does not apply to a
contract for the purchase of a covered item in an
amount not greater than the applicable micro-purchase
threshold under section 1902 of this title.
``(B) Anti-splitting rule.--A proposed procurement
of covered items in an amount greater than the
applicable micro-purchase threshold may not be divided
into separate purchases, contracts, orders, or other
procurement actions for the purpose of avoiding the
requirements of this section.
``(4) Exception for resale.--Subsection (a) does not apply
to a covered item purchased solely for resale by a gift shop,
bookstore, visitor-center shop, canteen, exchange, or similar
retail or service activity of a Federal agency, whether
operated by the agency, a concessioner, a cooperating
association, a nonappropriated fund instrumentality, or another
entity authorized by the agency, except to the extent the head
of the Federal agency concerned determines otherwise by
regulation.
``(d) Relationship to Other Domestic Source Requirements.--
``(1) Berry amendment.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to limit or otherwise affect the application of
section 4862 of title 10 to the Department of Defense.
``(2) More stringent requirement preserved.--Nothing in
this section may be construed to limit the application of any
other Federal law, regulation, or contractual requirement that
imposes a more stringent domestic source requirement on a
covered item.
``(3) Buy american act.--This section applies in addition
to, and not in lieu of, section 8302, and, with respect to a
covered item, this section shall control to the extent of any
conflict with section 8302.
``(4) Homeland security requirements.--Nothing in this
section may be construed to limit the application of section
604 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (6
U.S.C. 453b).
``(5) Purchase from people who are blind or severely
disabled.--
``(A) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this
section may be construed to prohibit a procurement
required pursuant to chapter 85.
``(B) Procedures.--The Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled shall, in
consultation with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory
Council, establish procedures to apply the requirements
of this section to any covered item procured pursuant
to such chapter to the maximum extent practicable while
preserving the employment of blind and other severely
disabled persons, which is the purpose of such chapter.
``(C) Consultation required for availability
exception.--For a covered item procured pursuant to
chapter 85, any determination under subsection (c)(1)
shall be made in consultation with the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
``(e) Relationship to Trade Agreements.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law relating to a trade agreement, including the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any regulation
implementing any such agreement, the requirements of this section shall
apply to a covered item unless a specific provision of Federal law
enacted after the date of the enactment of this section expressly
provides otherwise.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Contingency operation.--The term `contingency
operation' has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of
title 10.
``(2) Covered item.--The term `covered item' means an
article or item of--
``(A) clothing (including outerwear, headwear,
underwear, nightwear, footwear, hosiery, handwear,
belts, badges, insignia, uniforms, and other apparel),
and the materials and components thereof, other than
sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not
normally associated with, clothing, and the materials
and components thereof; and
``(B) cotton and other natural fiber products,
woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for
cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic
fabric, including textile fibers and yarns for use in
such fabrics, canvas products, or wool, whether in the
form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics,
materials, or manufactured articles for use in an item
described under subparagraph (A).
``(3) Grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the united
states.--The term `grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in
the United States' means each material and component of an item
is grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United
States.
``(4) Micro-purchase threshold.--The term `micro-purchase
threshold' has the meaning given that term in section 1902.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``8306. Requirement to buy certain clothing and textile products from
United States sources.''.
(b) Savings Provisions for Contracts and Orders.--
(1) Contracts.--This section and the amendments made by
this section do not apply to--
(A) a contract entered into before the effective
date of this section; or
(B) an order issued under an indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity contract before the effective date
of this section.
(2) Options.--An option under a contract entered into
before the effective date of this section may be exercised
without regard to the amendments made by this section if--
(A) the option was included in the contract as
originally awarded;
(B) the exercise of the option does not materially
change the covered-item requirements of the contract;
and
(C) no new covered item is added by the exercise of
the option.
(3) New orders.--Any task order, delivery order, or other
order issued on or after the effective date under a contract or
contract vehicle entered into before such date shall comply
with the requirements of section 8306 of title 41, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a), unless expressly
excluded under paragraph (1) or (2).
(c) Report on Implementation.--Not later than 2 years after the
effective date of this section, and annually thereafter for 3 years,
the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the head of each
Federal agency subject to section 8306 of title 41, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a), shall submit to Congress a report on the
implementation of such section 8306 that includes, to the extent
practicable, the following:
(1) The total value of covered items procured by such
Federal agencies during the preceding fiscal year.
(2) The total value of covered items procured by such
Federal agencies from domestic sources and foreign sources.
(3) The number and aggregate value of availability
exceptions issued under section 8306(c) of title 41, United
States Code.
(4) The number and aggregate value of covered items
purchased under contracts covered by the exceptions in section
8306(c) of title 41, United States Code.
(5) Information concerning implementation of the
requirements of section 8306 for commercial products and
contracts for services furnishing covered items.
(6) The number and aggregate value of covered items
provided during the preceding fiscal year under a contract for
services, a lease or rental, or a uniform-management or similar
contract.
(7) The number and value of covered items procured pursuant
to chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code, and the extent
to which such procurements complied with such section 8306.
(8) Any recommendations for legislative or administrative
changes necessary to improve compliance with such section 8306.
(d) Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Federal Acquisition
Regulatory Council shall prescribe regulations to carry out
section 8306 of title 41, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a).
(2) Consistency with berry amendment.--To the maximum
extent practicable, the regulations prescribed under paragraph
(1) shall be consistent with the regulations implementing
section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, and shall
establish uniform standards for identifying covered items and
determining compliance with such section 8306.
(3) Existing agency guidance.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this section, the head of
each Federal agency subject to such section 8306 shall review
and, as appropriate, revise the procurement regulations,
guidance, and standard contract provisions of the agency to
conform to the requirements of such section 8306.
(4) Standard contract clause.--The regulations prescribed
under paragraph (1) shall include a uniform contract clause for
inclusion in any solicitation and contract subject to such
section 8306.
(e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this section and shall apply to any solicitation issued, any contract
entered into, and any order issued on or after such effective date.
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