[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR654.12]

[Page 449]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 654--SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B--Responsibilities Under Executive Order 10582
 
Sec. 654.12  Description of Executive Order 10582.

    (a) Under the Buy American Act, heads of executive agencies are 
required to determine, as a condition precedent to the purchase by their 
agencies of materials of foreign origin for public use within the United 
States, (1) that the price of like materials of domestic origin is 
unreasonable, or (2) that the purchase of like materials of domestic 
origin is inconsistent with the public interest.
    (b) Section 3(c) of Executive Order 10582 issued pursuant to the Buy 
American Act permits executive agencies to reject a bid or offer to 
furnish materials of foreign origin in any situation in which the 
domestic supplier, offering the lowest price for furnishing the desired 
materials, undertakes to produce substantially all of the materials in 
areas of substantial unemployment, as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor.