Sponsor
Clay Fuller
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
The bill strengthens domestic sourcing and oversight for federal clothing and textile purchases—benefiting U.S. suppliers and defense supply‑chain security—at the cost of higher taxpayer spending, added compliance burdens, and potential supply or resale impacts for overseas operations and small retail outlets.
Military personnel and federal agencies will keep stronger domestic sourcing protections (e.g., Berry Amendment/DHS rules) for clothing and textiles, preserving supply‑chain safeguards for defense and homeland security procurement.
U.S. textile and apparel suppliers, including small domestic manufacturers and government contractors, will likely see increased demand from federal procurement, supporting domestic jobs and businesses.
Federal purchasers and contracting officers will have clearer, more consistent domestic sourcing standards across solicitations for clothing and textiles, simplifying compliance expectations.
Taxpayers and federal agencies will likely face higher procurement costs because restricting purchases to U.S.-sourced clothing and textiles generally raises prices for goods bought with public funds.
Government contracting officers and suppliers will incur added administrative burden from new written determinations, anti‑splitting rules, conformity reviews, and expedited FAR rulemaking requirements.
Military personnel and federal operations overseas or in contingency environments may face supply constraints, higher logistics burdens, or reduced readiness if U.S.-only sourcing limits available options despite narrow exceptions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires federal agencies to buy uniforms and certain textile items that are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the U.S., subject to defined exceptions and implementation rules.
Official title: To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to create a domestic sourcing requirement for clothing and uniforms for executive agencies, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 3, 2026 by Clay Fuller · Last progress September 3, 2026
Requires federal agencies to buy uniforms, apparel, and certain textile products that are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, with a set of specified exceptions and implementation rules. It preserves existing, stricter buy‑American authorities (including the Berry Amendment and a DHS homeland security requirement), directs agencies to make written availability determinations, and tasks the FAR Council and GSA with regulations, conformity reviews, contract language, and reporting to Congress. The requirement applies to purchases, leases, contractor‑furnished items, laundry/uniform‑management contracts, IDIQs and commercial products, and becomes effective 180 days after enactment for new solicitations, contracts, and orders; it also includes transitional savings clauses for existing contracts and options.