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[CITE: 14USC97]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                     CHAPTER 5--FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
 
Sec. 97. Procurement of buoy chain

    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard may not 
procure buoy chain--
        (1) that is not manufactured in the United States; or
        (2) substantially all of the components of which are not 
    produced or manufactured in the United States.

    (b) The Coast Guard may procure buoy chain that is not manufactured 
in the United States if the Secretary determines that--
        (1) the price of buoy chain manufactured in the United States is 
    unreasonable; or
        (2) emergency circumstances exist.

(Added Pub. L. 104-324, title XI, Sec. 1128(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3984.)
