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CHARLOTTE – Part of the $787 billion stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama Tuesday includes an amendment that requires all TSA uniforms to be manufactured by Americans.

It was introduced by Rep. Larry Kissell, D-Biscoe, and is an addition to a 60-year-old law that requires all Department of Defense uniforms be made in the country.

Kissell said the new law could help create more than 20,000 jobs in textile mills in the U.S.

"What's better than putting Americans to work and making uniforms for people who protect us," Kissell said.

Tuscarora Yarns, the oldest yarn manufacturer in the country, employs more than 400 people across the southern Piedmont. They recently cut back hours and shifts because of the downturn in the economy. The hope is this amendment will help them increase production.

"If we can't protect our American jobs, shame on us," Tuscarora CEO Martin B. Foil Jr. said.