Question

If the U.S. Department of Education put out a contract for 150,000 laptop computers and the contract stated that preference would be given to bids that declared at least 51 percent of the materials by value in the computers were produced in the United States, which legislative act is this stipulation based on

Answer 1

Answer:

The Buy American Act

Explanation:

The Buy American Act (BAA) of 1933 requires that American government entities prefer US manufactured products. The law was signed by President Hoover on his last day at office during the Great Depression.

This law only applies to the purchase of products, not services. It requires that government entities must purchase domestic products or products from a list of authorized countries over a certain threshold, which is currently $3,500.