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  "id": "R42501",
  "type": "CRS Report",
  "typeId": "REPORT",
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  "active": false,
  "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
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    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc85411/",
      "id": "R42501_2012Apr25",
      "date": "2012-04-25",
      "retrieved": "2012-06-06T14:34:05",
      "title": "Domestic Content Legislation: The Buy American Act and Complementary Little Buy American Provisions",
      "summary": "Congress has broad authority to place conditions on the purchases made by the federal government or with federal dollars. One of many conditions that it has placed on direct government purchases is a requirement that they be produced in the United States. The most well-known of these requirements is the Buy American Act, which is the major domestic preference statute governing procurement by the federal government. This report summarizes (1) the Buy American Act, what it does and does not cover; (2) the Little Buy American Acts found in permanent law, emphasizing what they govern, major exceptions and why Congress felt them necessary in light of the requirements of the Buy American Act; and (3) the temporary Little Buy American provision found in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.",
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      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Government spending",
          "name": "Government spending"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Government procurement",
          "name": "Government procurement"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Buy American",
          "name": "Buy American"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Nontariff trade barriers",
          "name": "Nontariff trade barriers"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Public contracts",
          "name": "Public contracts"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Trade",
          "name": "Trade"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Health Policy"
  ]
}