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 108 STAT. 4954 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 graph and inserting "for which the United States is obligated to waive Buy National restrictions under— "(i) the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel, regardless of the thresholds provided for in the Agreement (as defined in paragraph (1)), or "(ii) any subsequent agreement between the United States and Israel which lowers on a reciprocal basis the appHcable threshold for entities covered by the Agreement."; and (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking "GATT" the first place it appears and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting "the Agreement (as defined in paragraph (1)), but for the thresholds provided for in the Agreement". (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Section 401 of the Riu-al Electrification Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 903 note) is amended— (1) by striking ", Mexico, or Canada" each place that it appears and inserting "or in any eligible countrV*; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ^or purposes of this section, an 'eligible country' is any country tiiat appHes with respect to the United States an agreement ensuring reciprocal access for United States products and services and United States suppliers to the markets of that country, as determined by the United States Trade Representative.". SEC. 343. RECIPROCAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES. (a) APPLICABILITY.— Section 302(a) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2512(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a) AUTHORITY TO BAR PROCUREMENT FROM NON-DESIGNATED COUNTRIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subiect to paragraph (2), the President, in order to encourage additional cotmtries to become parties to the Agreement and to provide appropriate reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities to United States products and supphers of such products— "(A) shall, with respect to procurement covered by the Agreement, prohibit the procurement, after the date on which any waiver under section 301(a) first takes effect, of products— "(i) which are products of a foreign country or instrumentahty which is not designated pursuant to section 301(b), and "(ii) which would otherwise be eligible products; and "(B) may, with respect to procurement covered by the Agreement, take such other actions within the President's authority as the President deems necessary. "(2) EXCEPTION.— Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of procurements for which— "(A) there are no offers of products or services of the United States or of eligible products; or "(B) the offers of products or services of the United States or of eHgible products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the United States Government".

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