BUY AMERICAN ACT BAA

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BUY AMERICAN ACT (BAA)

• Mr. Mark J. Lumer

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BAA ENVIRONMENT

• Federal Government including Department of
  Defense has laws, regulations and treaties
• BAA
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade changed in
  1995 to WTO
• Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
• Authorization and Appropriations Laws

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BAA IMPACT

• Applies to End Products for public use within the
  United States
• BAA applies to only the end item
• Domesticmined, produced or manufactured in the
  United States

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EXCEPTIONS TO BAA

• Public Interest
• Non-Availability
• Unreasonable Cost
• Resale
• For DoD Reciprocal Memoranda of Understanding

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Berry Amendment

• Applies only to DoD
• Applies in Addition to BAA
• More Restrictive than BAA
• Textiles and Specialty Metals
• Exceptions very difficult to obtain

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QUESTIONS?