Fairness in Federal Purchases Act of 1991

Fairness in Federal Purchases Act of 1991 - Amends the Buy American Act to require Federal agency heads, upon publication in the Federal Register of a notification that the unemployment rate was five percent or higher or that the gross national product (GNP) declined during the preceding fiscal quarter, to: (1) determine whether the amount the agency spent on foreign government goods and services exceeded the amount such foreign governments spend on similar domestic goods and services during the preceding fiscal year and, if so, adjust spending on procurement from domestic versus foreign sources to eliminate any imbalance; and (2) determine whether less than 35 percent of the agency procurement spending went to small businesses and, if so, increase small business procurement spending to equal or exceed that amount. Provides that the lowest acceptable domestic product prices shall be considered unreasonable if they exceed the lowest acceptable foreign prices by more than: (1) six percent in the case of a domestic offer from a large business that is not a labor surplus area concern; or (2) 15 percent in the case of a domestic offer from a small business or labor surplus area concern.

Terminates such spending requirements after: (1) three years; or (2) specified shorter periods following publication of an unemployment rate of less than five percent for the preceding quarter or of a stable or increasing GNP for two consecutive quarters.