33 USC § 569f - Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels

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title: "33 USC § 569f - Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "569f"
section_name: "Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–580, title II, § 226, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(l)(6), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2160.)"
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# § 569f. Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels

section 4654(c) of title 10

If the Secretary determines that a person has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a “Made in America” inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United States which is not made in the United States and which is used in a civil works project of the Secretary, the Secretary shall debar the person from contracting with the Federal Government for a period of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years. For purposes of this section, the term “debar” has the meaning that term has under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–580, title II, § 226, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(*l*)(6), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2160.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “section 4654(c)” for “section 2393(c)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see , set out as a note under .