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H.R. 1441 108th Congress House

To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide…

Official title: To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless communication service.

Introduced: March 26, 2003 Introduced by: Darrell Issa Republican · California See on congress.gov
International Affairs American investmentsBuy AmericanEconomic assistanceForeign Trade and International Finance
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Government Operations and PoliticsGovernment procurementIraqIraq compilationMiddle East and North AfricaScience, Technology, CommunicationsStandardsWar reliefWireless communication
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Mar 26, 2003
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 26, 2003
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 Latest action March 26, 2003

Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USADI) and the Secretary of Defense, in entering into contracts with private entities to provide assistance for Iraq, including contracts to carry out commercial mobile wireless communication service for Iraq, to give preference, to the greatest extent practicable, to qualified American entities.

Directs the USAID Administrator and the Secretary, in entering into such contracts to provide commercial mobile wireless communication service as assistance for Iraq, to require that code division multiple access (CDMA) technology be used for such service.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1441: To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless communication service.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1441/
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"H.R. 1441: To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless communication service.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1441/.
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H.R. 1441, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1441/.
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[H.R. 1441: To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless communication service.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1441/)
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