The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources

by Valeria Bailey Grasso

This report examines the original intent and purpose of the Berry Amendment and legislative proposals to amend the application of domestic source restrictions, as well as potential options for Congress. In order to protect the U.S. industrial base during periods of adversity and war, Congress passed domestic source restrictions as part of the 1941 Fifth Supplemental Department of Defense (DOD) Appropriations Act. These provisions later became known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503021394
• ISBN13: 9781503021396
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"