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PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1447 security. In carrying out the responsibilities of the working group, members of the group shall consult, as appropriate, with personnel in the Departments of State and Commerce and in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. (c) GAO REVIEW. —The Comptroller General shall conduct a review to determine how the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are implementing their bilateral reciprocal defense procurement memoranda of understanding with the United States. The Comptroller General shall complete the review, and submit to Reports. Congress a report on the results of the review, not later than February 1, 1992. SEC. 833. BUY AMERICAN ACT WAIVER RESCISSIONS. 41 USC lOb-2. (a) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. — (1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign country. (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in that country. (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities in fiscal years 1992 and 1993. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement to which the United States is a party. (c) BUY AMERICAN ACT DEFINED.— For purposes of this section, the term "Buy American Act" means title III of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). SEC. 834. EXTENSION AND CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF PROCURE- MENT LIMITATION ON VALVES AND MACHINE TOOLS. (a) EXTENSION THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1996.— Section 2507(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (1) by striking out "During fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991," and inserting in lieu thereof "Effective through fiscal year 1996,". (b) APPLICABILITY. —Such section is further amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (4); (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and (3) by inserting the following new paragraphs after paragraph (2): "(3) Contracts covered by paragraph (1) include the following: "(A) Contracts for the procurement of items described in paragraph (2) for use in any property under the control of the Department of Defense, including government-owned, contractor-operated facilities.