American Glove Act of 2026

This bill aims to strengthen domestic manufacturing of nitrile gloves by ensuring federal procurements adhere to the domestic sourcing and long-term contracting provisions of the Make PPE in America Act. It specifically targets agencies like the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense that procure these gloves through various government-wide contracts and shared procurement vehicles. A central provision requires that all covered nitrile gloves furnished to the government be manufactured exclusively by qualified domestic manufacturers . These manufacturers must produce the gloves in the United States, be majority-owned and controlled by U.S. persons, and be free from significant influence by foreign entities of concern. The bill defines "manufacture" to include the principal production processes, ensuring genuine domestic production rather than just logistical handling. To ensure long-term commitment, procurement vehicles must incorporate supplier agreements with these qualified domestic manufacturers. These agreements must have a term of at least two years and include binding minimum purchase commitments or other enforceable demand commitments to support domestic production planning and investment. Agencies are prohibited from using intermediary contracting structures, such as the AbilityOne Program, to circumvent these direct supplier agreement requirements. The Act mandates that covered agencies certify compliance in contract files, verifying domestic manufacturing by qualified entities and the existence of required supplier agreements. While preserving the use of the AbilityOne Program, its regulations cannot be used to avoid the Act's stringent domestic sourcing, ownership, control, and long-term supplier agreement requirements, which agencies must implement for both new and existing procurement vehicles, allowing for modifications to achieve compliance.