{"identifier":"/us/usc/t41/s6310","title":41,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6310.","heading":"Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States flags","text":"\u00a7\u202f6310.\nRequirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States flags\n(a)\nRequirement.\u2014\nExcept as provided in subsections (b) through (d), funds appropriated or otherwise available to an agency may not be used for the procurement of any flag of the United States, unless such flag has been 100 percent manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that have been grown or 100 percent produced or manufactured in the United States.\n(b)\nAvailability Exception.\u2014\nSubsection (a) does not apply to the extent that the head of the agency concerned determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of a flag described in such subsection cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices.\n(c)\nException for Certain Procurements.\u2014\nSubsection (a) does not apply to the following:\n(1) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters.\n(2) Procurements for resale purposes in any military commissary, military exchange, or nonappropriated fund instrumentality operated by an agency.\n(3) Procurements for amounts less than the simplified acquisition threshold.\n(d)\nPresidential Waiver.\u2014\n(1)\nIn general.\u2014\nThe President may waive the requirement in subsection (a) if the President determines a waiver is necessary to comply with any trade agreement to which the United States is a party.\n(2)\nNotice of waiver.\u2014\nNot later than 30 days after granting a waiver under paragraph (1), the President shall publish a notice of the waiver in the Federal Register.\n(e)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1)\nAgency.\u2014\nThe term \u201cagency\u201d has the meaning given the term \u201cexecutive agency\u201d in\nsection 102 of title 40\n(2)\nSimplified acquisition threshold.\u2014\nThe term \u201csimplified acquisition threshold\u201d has the meaning given that term in section 134.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t41/s6310.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6310."},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States flags"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirement.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Except as provided in subsections (b) through (d), funds appropriated or otherwise available to an agency may not be used for the procurement of any flag of the United States, unless such flag has been 100 percent manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that have been grown or 100 percent produced or manufactured in the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Availability Exception.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Subsection (a) does not apply to the extent that the head of the agency concerned determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of a flag described in such subsection cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Exception for Certain Procurements.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" Procurements by vessels in foreign waters.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Procurements for resale purposes in any military commissary, military exchange, or nonappropriated fund instrumentality operated by an agency.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" Procurements for amounts less than the simplified acquisition threshold.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Presidential Waiver.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/d/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The President may waive the requirement in subsection (a) if the President determines a waiver is necessary to comply with any trade agreement to which the United States is a party.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/d/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Notice of waiver.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Not later than 30 days after granting a waiver under paragraph (1), the President shall publish a notice of the waiver in the Federal Register.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/e/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Agency.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cagency\u201d has the meaning given the term \u201cexecutive agency\u201d in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 102 of title 40","href":"/us/usc/t40/s102","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6310/e/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Simplified acquisition threshold.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201csimplified acquisition threshold\u201d has the meaning given that term in section 134.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}