VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.R. 3116 · 111th Congress

Berry Amendment Extension Act

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 111th Congress ended.

LKD KissellSponsor
69 cosponsors · 48 D, 21 R
WJR Jones MMD Michaud BIR Inglis MRD Ross CPD Pingree JLD Langevin MDR Diaz-Balart JGR Gresham Barrett TCD Childers PHD Hare MKD Kaptur MMD McIntyre HCR Coble DMR Manzullo FWR Wolf KDD Dahlkemper VFR Foxx PGD Griffith JSD Spratt CSD Shea-Porter HSD Shuler SMR Myrick PMR McHenry EMD Massa MBR Blackburn BSD Sutton HBR Brown JBD Boccieri JDR Duncan EPD Pastor DKD Kildee LSD Slaughter ZWR Wamp GTD Taylor BFD Frank BGR Guthrie BBD Braley LBD Boswell TRD Ryan MAD Arcuri BFD Filner BSD Sherman FLR LoBiondo JSD Schakowsky TMR Murphy CCD Carney DLD Lipinski WOD Owens CWD Wilson RBD Boucher LDD Davis JBD Barrow THD Holden JWR Wilson JMR Miller SKD Kagen TMR McCotter LWD Woolsey BPD Pascrell RAR Aderholt JCD Costello MSD Schauer JMD McGovern RDD DeLauro BED Ellsworth RGD Grijalva JLD Larson BTD Thompson DWD Wu

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Jul 7, 2009
  2. House Passed Sep 15, 2010

Berry Amendment Extension Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from procuring specified covered items directly related to national security interests (including clothing, tents, or natural fiber products) that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United…

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Sep 15, 2010

Berry Amendment Extension Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from procuring specified covered items directly related to national security interests (including clothing, tents, or natural fiber products) that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, except to the extent satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such product cannot be procured as and when needed.

Makes additional exceptions for: (1) procurements by vessels in foreign waters; (2) emergency procurements; and (3) purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000). Requires the Secretary to post a notification that an exception has been applied not later than seven days after the award of the contract.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) each member of DHS's acquisition workforce who regularly participates in textile acquisition receives training on this Act's requirements; and (2) any such training includes comprehensive information on such requirements.

Requires this Act to be applied in a manner consistent with U.S. obligations under international agreements.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Berry Amendment Extension Act

Latest action (Sep 16, 2010): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 7, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jul 7, 2009
  2. House Passed Sep 15, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.