3.0.0 2167 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z Senate S 2015-10-08 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-08T15:08:36Z 21st Century Buy American Act 114 3670 HR 2015-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Identical bill CRS 2015-10-08 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-10-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N Government Operations and Politics Aviation and airports Buy American requirements Department of Transportation Economic performance and conditions Executive agency funding and structure Government lending and loan guarantees Manufacturing Metals Military procurement, research, weapons development National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Public contracts and procurement Public transit Railroads Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Water quality Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-10-08 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-23T16:52:00Z 21st Century Buy American Act

This bill amends the Buy American Act to define the term "substantially all" 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 articles, materials, or supplies exceeds 60% of the total cost of all such components.

The bill prohibits the use of the overseas exception to Buy American requirements unless one of the following criteria is met: (1) the articles, materials, or supplies are needed urgently for national security reasons; or (2) a cost analysis demonstrates that the articles, materials, or supplies to be acquired would be more than 50% more expensive if made in the United States.

The bill requires the head of a federal agency, in determining whether to apply the public interest exception to Buy American requirements, to: (1) consider the short-term and long-term effects on employment in the United States, and (2) determine that preserving or increasing employment in the United States is consistent with the public interest.

The bill requires each federal agency that applies an exception or grants a waiver to Buy American requirements to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a notification of such exception or waiver and post such notification on the OMB website.

The bill: (1) authorizes the Department of Defense to establish and carry out a program to make or guarantee loans to certain business entities, up to $500,000 per entity, under the Defense Production Act; and (2) sets forth eligibility requirements for such entities, including requirements that such an entity is a manufacturer in the United States, is certified as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance, and meets criteria relating to the availability of an item.

]]> 21st Century Buy American Act Display Title 21st Century Buy American Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popularly referred to as the Buy American Act) and certain other laws with respect to certain waivers under those laws, to provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced 21st Century Buy American Act Introduced in Senate 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2167is/xml/BILLS-114s2167is.xml 2015-10-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.