To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance for Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless communication service.

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HR 1441

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Mar 26, 2003

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Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period t ...

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American investments Buy American Economic assistance Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government procurement International Affairs Iraq Iraq compilation Middle East and North Africa Science, Technology, Communications Standards War relief Wireless communication

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Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USADI) and the Secretary of Defense, in entering into contracts with private entities to provide assistance for Iraq, including contracts to carry out commercial mobile wireless communication service for Iraq, to give preference, to the greatest extent practicable, to qualified American entities.

Directs the USAID Administrator and the Secretary, in entering into such contracts to provide commercial mobile wireless communication service as assistance for Iraq, to require that code division multiple access (CDMA) technology be used for such service.

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Mar 26, 2003

Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 26, 2003

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