3.0.0 2722 2023-01-11T13:22:34Z 2023-01-11T13:22:34Z House H HR 2011-08-01 112 [Pages H5885-H5886]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LIPINSKI:H.R. 2722.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H5886]]The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to promote the general welfare, asenumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the UnitedStates Constitution.]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2011-08-01T14:07:20Z 2011-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2011-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 N A000055 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] ROBERT ADERHOLT R AL B. 4 2011-08-01 True M001169 Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 5 2011-09-12 False V000108 Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] PETER VISCLOSKY D IN J. 1 2011-09-12 False B001274 Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] Mo Brooks R AL 5 2011-10-26 False M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2011-11-18 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2012-06-26 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2012-06-26 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2012-06-26 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2012-06-26 False C000794 Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] JERRY COSTELLO D IL F. 12 2012-06-26 False S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 2012-06-26 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2012-06-26 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10] John Garamendi D CA 10 2012-06-26 False C001085 Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13] Hansen Clarke D MI 13 2012-06-26 False C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2012-09-12 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Buy American requirements Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Government information and archives Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Public contracts and procurement Trade agreements and negotiations Unemployment Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-08-01 Introduced in House 2011-09-21T15:48:47Z Buy American Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy: (1) to promulgate regulations to standardize and simplify federal agency compliance with, and reporting on, Buy American requirements; (2) in developing Buy American  guidelines, to consider any significant decrease in U.S. employment resulting from the granting of waivers of Buy American requirements to be inconsistent with the public interest; and (3) to impose certain notice requirements on federal agency heads after receiving a request for a waiver and to require publication of the determination for why a waiver was granted.

Revises Buy American reporting requirements to require: (1) federal agencies to report to the Administrator, for the period FY2011-FY2016, on the amount of their acquisitions of articles, materials, or supplies purchased from entities outside the United States; and (2) the Administrator to submit to Congress a consolidated report on all agency reports received and make such report publicly available on a web site.

Imposes limits on waiver determinations, including that a project cost determination will not be deemed unreasonable unless compliance with Buy American requirements causes an increase of overall project costs by more than 25%. Defines "substantially all" for purposes of Buy American requirements to mean that articles, materials, or supplies shall be treated as made substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States if the cost of the domestic components of such items exceeds 75% of the total cost of all such items.

Requires the Comptroller General to report on the extent to which, in FY2007-FY2011, articles, materials, or supplies acquired by the federal government were manufactured, mined, or produced outside of the United States.]]> Buy American Improvement Act of 2011 Display Title Buy American Improvement Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to increase the requirement for American-made content, to strengthen the waiver provisions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Buy American Improvement Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2722ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2722ih.xml 2011-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.