H.R. 10650 — American Glove Act of 2026

This section defines terms for the Act, including the AbilityOne Program under chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code; covered agencies such as the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense; covered nitrile gloves procured for medical or protective uses; qualified domestic manufacturers that produce such gloves in the United States at commercial scale under U.S. ownership and control; and supplier agreements that require a minimum two-year term, binding purchase commitments, and direct enforceability between parties.

This section requires covered agencies procuring covered nitrile gloves through covered procurement vehicles to comply with the Make PPE in America Act's domestic sourcing and long-term contracting requirements. It mandates supplier agreements of at least two years with qualified domestic manufacturers, exclusive domestic manufacturing of the gloves, and continued sourcing from the identified manufacturer throughout the agreement term unless the manufacturer consents in writing, materially fails to perform, or another federal procurement exception applies. It prohibits use of AbilityOne contracts or other intermediary arrangements to satisfy the requirements unless the manufacturer receives a qualifying supplier agreement.

This section requires a manufacturer to be majority-owned and controlled by United States persons to qualify as a qualified domestic manufacturer. It bars qualification if the manufacturer is owned, controlled, or subject to significant influence by a foreign entity of concern through a parent company, subsidiary, joint venture, contractual arrangement affecting production or operations, financing, technology licensing, or any other arrangement presenting supply chain or national security risks.

This section requires covered agencies to certify in writing and retain in the contract file that each covered procurement vehicle complies with the Act, including that covered nitrile gloves are manufactured in the United States by qualified domestic manufacturers and that supplier agreements have a term of at least two years with minimum purchase quantities or other demand commitments. It directs agencies to take corrective action under federal procurement law for noncompliance and clarifies that the requirements impose no separate certification obligations on the AbilityOne Program, qualified nonprofit agencies, central nonprofit agencies, authorized distributors, prime contractors, or qualified domestic manufacturers.

This section preserves the AbilityOne Program for procurement of covered nitrile gloves. It prohibits covered agencies from removing such gloves from the Procurement List or terminating AbilityOne arrangements solely because they are supplied by a qualified domestic manufacturer, and it bars agencies from using chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code, or related arrangements to avoid the domestic sourcing, ownership, control, certification, or long-term supplier requirements of this Act.

This section directs the head of each covered agency to implement this Act through existing procurement authorities and to ensure that any covered procurement vehicle in effect on or after the date of enactment complies with the Act. It clarifies that agencies need not terminate, cancel, or re-compete an existing vehicle if it can be brought into compliance through modification or other existing authorities.