Defense Offsets
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Defense offsets are "industrial and commercial compensation practices provided to foreign
governments and firms as inducements or conditions for the purchase of military goods and
services," according to the General Accounting Office.
Offset Definitions - a useful collection of definitions of terms related to defense offsets.
Presidential Commission on Offsets in International Trade - established by Public Law 106113, is responsible for reviewing and reporting to Congress on the impact of offsets on the
U.S. economy and national security.
Presidential Offsets Commission report - February 15, 2001
Legislation:
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1999 - Subtitle D--Defense Offsets Disclosure. Part of the Conference Report on H.R.
3194 (P.L. 106-113), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
(House of Representatives - November 17, 1999)
Hearings:
Defense Offsets: Are We Giving Away Our Jobs?
Hearing before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug
Policy, and Human Resources - June 29, 1999
Testimony:
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Opening Statement by Representative John Mica (R-FL)
Opening Statement by Representative John Tierney (D-MA)
Statement by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Statement by Joel Johnson, Aerospace Industries Association
Statement by Owen Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers
Statement by Dr. Robert Scott, Economic Policy Institute
Statement by Roger Majak, Department of Commerce
Statement by Alfred Volkman, Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Commerce Reports:
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Offsets in Defense Trade: Fifth Annual Report to Congress. U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Office of Strategic Industries and
Economic Security, Strategic Analysis Division, May 2001.
Offsets in Defense Trade: Fourth Annual Report to Congress. U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Office of Strategic Industries and
Economic Security, Strategic Analysis Division, December 1999.
Offsets in Defense Trade: Third Annual Report to Congress. U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Office of Strategic Industries and
Economic Security, Strategic Analysis Division, August 1998.
Congressional Reports:
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Foreign Offset Demands in Defense and Civil Aerospace Transactions, U.S. House of
Representatives, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Minority Staff
Report Prepared for Rep. John F. Tierney, October 23, 1998.
General Accounting Office Reports:
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Defense Trade: U.S. Contractors Employ Diverse Activities To Meet Offset
Obligations. (Washington, D.C.: General Accounting Office, December 1998)
NSIAD-99-35.
Military Offsets: Regulations Needed to Implement Prohibition on Incentive
Payments. (Washington, D.C.: General Accounting Office, August 1997) NSIAD-97189.
Military Exports: Offset Demands Continue to Grow. (Washington, D.C.: US General
Accounting Office, 1996) NSIAD-96-65.
Military Exports: Concerns Over Offsets Generated With U.S. Foreign Military
Financing Program Funds. (Washington, D.C.: General Accounting Office, June 1994)
NSIAD-94-127. Only a summary available.
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