# § 5206. Buy American
**(a)** **Compliance with chapter 83 of title 41** No funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with chapter 83 of title 41.
**(b)** **Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels**
**(1)** **In general** 42 U.S.C. 5121
If the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 that is not made in America, the Administrator shall determine, not later than 90 days after determining that the person has been so convicted, whether the person should be debarred from contracting under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( et seq.).
**(2)** **Definition of debar** section 4654(c) of title 10
In this subsection, the term “debar” has the meaning given the term in .
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–390, title III, § 306, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1574; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(j)(4), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2159.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , known as the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2000 Amendment note set out under and Tables.
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
### Codification
In subsec. (a), “chapter 83 of title 41” substituted for references to the Buy American Act on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
Section was enacted as part of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, and not as part of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act which comprises this chapter.
### Amendments
2021—Subsec. (b)(2). substituted “section 4654(c)” for “section 2393(c)”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” and “Administrator” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” and “Director”, respectively, in subsec. (b)(1) on authority of , set out as a note under , Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until , see , set out as a note under .
### Transfer of Functions
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .