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HR 3134 108th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Armed Forces and National Security Buy American Commerce Defense contracts Defense industries Defense procurement Foreign Trade and International Finance Government contractors Government procurement Labor and Employment

American Manufacturing Jobs Retention Act of 2003

Introduced: September 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 15, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Sep 17, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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.
Sep 17, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Manufacturing Jobs Retention Act of 2003 - Amends Federal defense procurement provisions and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to prohibit the head of a military department or executive agency, in the case of a contract for the procurement of goods and services, from considering a covered prospective contractor as a responsible source unless such contractor employs at least 50 percent of its employees in the United States. Defines a prospective contractor as covered if at least ten percent of its annual gross receipts during the preceding year were attributable to Government contracts.

What's happening now October 15, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 24, 2004
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 16, 2004
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 17, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3134: American Manufacturing Jobs Retention Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3134/
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"H.R. 3134: American Manufacturing Jobs Retention Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3134/.
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H.R. 3134, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3134/.
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