Sponsor
Beth Van Duyne
Representative · R-TX
The bill strengthens enforcement to reduce fraudulent 'Made in USA' claims and protect taxpayers, but does so in a way that increases sanctions and shortens look-back periods—raising compliance burden and risk for small contractors.
Federal buyers and taxpayers will face fewer fraudulent 'Made in USA' claims on federal contracts because the bill makes penalties cumulative and strengthens enforcement, improving procurement integrity and reducing waste.
Small-business owners who are found to have made false 'Made in USA' claims will be exposed to additional remedial sanctions, increasing their financial and competitive risk when seeking federal contracts.
Contractors and administrators may face more complicated and potentially inconsistent compliance and enforcement expectations because the bill shortens the look-back/temporal element to 3 years, creating mismatched penalty durations across misconduct types.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Representative · R-TX
Amends the Small Business Act to subject small firms that falsely claim goods are made in the U.S. to existing remedies and shortens one disqualification period from five to three years.
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to require penalties for small business concerns falsely claiming goods or services are Made in America, and for other purposes.
Introduced November 20, 2025 by Beth Van Duyne · Last progress November 20, 2025
Creates a specific enforcement rule for small businesses that win federal contracts by falsely claiming their goods or services are made or produced in the United States. It makes those firms subject to existing remedies for misleading domestic-origin claims, but shortens one bar on contracting for repeat offenders from five years to three years when applied to these false “Made-in-America” claims. Also adds a short-title provision but does not create new fines or new spending; it changes how an existing remedial provision applies to false domestic-origin assertions in federal contracting.