
The House Armed Services Committee adopted a new “Buy American” provision to its version of the next defense policy bill that would incrementally increase the required percentage of U.S-made parts for major acquisition programs over the next eight years. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, introduced the amendment to HASC’s fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that pushes the domestic source requirement from 55 to 60 percent after enactment, then up to…