,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,mac,arthur introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require that          
decorative objects depicting the        
official seal of the ,department of     
,defense1 the military departments1 the 
,armed ,forces1 and the ,defense        
,agencies be manufactured in the ,united
 ,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,manufacturing      
,american ,defense ,emblems ,act or     
,,made ,act4  #b4 ,made in ,america     
requirement for procurement of          
,department of ,defense and ,armed      
,forces official seals  7a7 ,findings   
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,the official seals of the ,united 
,states ,armed ,forces and the ,federal 
departments having jurisdiction over the
 ,armed ,forces are symbols of pride and

 tradition4  7#b7 ,the seals represent  
the great sacrifices members of the     
,armed ,forces have made to defend the  
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,currently1 some 
of these seals are manufactured in      
foreign nations4  7#d7 ,the physical    
symbol representing the ,united ,states 
,armed ,forces should be manufactured in
 the ,united ,states4  7b7 ,made in     
,america requirement ,section #aab of   
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 7a7 before  
,the ,secretary2 and  7#b7 by adding at 
the end the following new subsection3   
7b7 7#a7 ,any decorative object1 such as
 a carving1 sculpture1 or plaque1 that  
depicts the seal for the ,department of 
,defense or any other seal specified in 
paragraph 7#b7 must be #ajj percent     
manufactured in the ,united ,states4    
7#b7 ,the requirement imposed by        
paragraph 7#a7 applies to the following3
 7,a7 ,the seal for the ,department of  
,defense4  7,b7 ,the seal for the       
,department of the ,army referred to in 

section #cjab of this title4  7,c7 ,the 
seal for the ,department of the ,navy   
referred to in section #ejab of this    
title4  7,d7 ,the seal for the          
,department of the ,air ,force referred 
to in section #hjab of this title4  7,e7
 ,the seals for the armed forces4  7,f7 
,the seals for the defense intelligence 
agencies referred to in section #dbe of 
this title4  7,g7 ,the seal for any     
other ,defense ,agency4  4  7c7         
,application of amendments ,subsection  
7b7 of section #aab of title #aj1       
,united ,states ,code1 as added by this 
section1 shall apply with respect to the
 procurement after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act of any official  
seal specified in paragraph 7#b7 of such
 subsection4