3.0.0 581 2023-01-11T19:58:10Z 2023-01-11T19:58:10Z Senate S S 2007-02-14 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-14T18:55:19Z 2007-02-14 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1964-1965) IntroReferral 2007-02-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1963-1964) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Government Operations and Politics Buy American Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Electronic government information Export controls Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Government contractors Government procurement Government publicity Governmental investigations Internet Manufacturing industries Science, Technology, Communications Web sites Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-27T20:46:16Z Buy American Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Buy American Act to: (1) prohibit federal agencies from determining that it would not be in the public interest to enter into a contract subject to Buy American requirements after a solicitation of offers notice for such contract is published; and (2) apply Buy American requirements without regard to whether products to be acquired are for use outside the United States if they are not needed on an urgent basis or if they are acquired on a regular basis. Requires before a contract is entered in the latter type of case an analysis of the difference in costs of such products from manufacturers inside and outside the United States.

Requires federal agencies to: (1) give preference in the procurement process to a company that manufactures the solicited product in the United States, if such company's bid is substantially the same as a bid made by a non-U.S. manufacturer, or such company is the only one that manufactures the product in the United States; and (2) report for FY2007-FY2011 to specified congressional committees on the amount of agency acquisitions from entities that manufacture products outside the United States (excepts intelligence agencies).

Prohibits an agency head from determining that articles to be procured are not available from domestic sources without first determining that domestic production cannot be initiated to meet procurement needs, and that a comparable product is not available from a company in the United States.

Defines a product as made "substantially all" from domestic components when the cost of the product's domestic components exceeds 75% of the cost of all the product's components.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress with recommendations for determining whether an acquisition would involve unreasonable cost and be inconsistent with the public interest for purposes of applying waivers of Buy American requirements.

]]> Buy American Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Buy American Act to increase the requirement for American-made content, to tighten the waiver provisions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Buy American Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Buy American Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s581is/xml/BILLS-110s581is.xml 2007-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1964-1965) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.