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Berry Compliance Footwear

DEFINITION

Berry Amendment (United States Code, Title 10, Section 2533 [c 1941]) also known
as the Buy American Act refers to a federal regulation that requires the Department of Defense
to purchase US manufactured products in order to protect the US industrial base
during times of war.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), passed by both houses of Congress
on February 13, 2009, included legislation offered by Congressman Larry Kissell (D-NC)
mandating that any textile and apparel products contracted by the United States Department of
Homeland Security's (DHS) be manufactured in the United States with 100 percent domestic materials.
The "Kissell Amendment" was modeled on and picks up, with little or no modification,
many of the specific provisions of the Berry Amendment.

The Weinbrenner Shoe Company, makers of MADE IN USA Thorogood® footwear,
has been a proud defense contractor for the United States Armed Forces
since World War I.



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Walter Brown
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