3.0.0 904 2023-01-11T13:34:58Z 2023-01-11T13:34:58Z House HR 2017-02-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LIPINSKI:H.R. 904.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H1084]]]> hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-24T19:09:05Z Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:40Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-22T21:11:08Z Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-10T17:23:29Z Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:25Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-08T14:33:36Z hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-08T14:32:39Z hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-08T14:32:03Z hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-08T14:31:23Z hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-08T14:30:48Z Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:20Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:30Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:15Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-02-07T15:04:10Z Make it in America Act 115 908 S 2017-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2017 115 939 HR 2017-02-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Related bill CRS 2017-02-24 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. Committee 2017-02-22 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Committee 2017-02-10 hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Committee 2017-02-08 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2017-02-08 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2017-02-08 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Committee 2017-02-08 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2017-02-08 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 N J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 2017-02-07 True S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2017-02-07 True D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2017-02-07 True G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2017-02-07 True N000127 Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] RICHARD NOLAN D MN 8 2017-02-07 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2017-02-07 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-02-07 True B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2017-02-07 True B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2017-02-07 True C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2017-02-07 True J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2017-02-07 True E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 16 2017-03-16 False V000108 Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] PETER VISCLOSKY D IN J. 1 2017-03-27 False P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2017-03-27 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2017-03-27 False C001110 Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] J. Correa D CA Luis 46 2017-03-27 False D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 11 2017-03-27 False B001296 Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13] Brendan Boyle D PA F. 13 2017-03-29 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2017-04-03 False F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 8 2017-04-27 False P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 2017-05-19 False M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2017-11-06 False L000588 Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-18] Conor Lamb D PA 18 2018-10-23 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Aviation and airports Border security and unlawful immigration Buy American requirements Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Economic development Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Housing and community development funding Manufacturing Metals Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Public contracts and procurement Public utilities and utility rates Railroads Roads and highways Rural conditions and development Transportation programs funding User charges and fees Water quality Water use and supply Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-02-07 Introduced in House 2017-06-14T22:06:41Z Buy American Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Buy American Act and federal grant programs to: (1) standardize guidelines for federal agencies to waive Buy American requirements for their construction contracts and direct purchases of materials for public buildings, uses, or works; and (2) extend domestic content requirements to additional grant programs that federal agencies administer to fund states and other entities carrying out transportation and infrastructure projects.

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) must require agencies to: (1) publicly disclose and justify their Buy American waivers, (2) ensure projects are not disaggregated to avoid such requirements, (3) be subject to investigations for improper waivers, and (4) minimize waivers that would decrease employment in the United States.

The bill: (1) directs the OFPP to issue rules to evaluate domestic content in "manufactured end product," (2) requires domestic component costs to exceed 75% before manufactured materials are considered manufactured "substantially all" from U.S. materials, (3) excludes project start-up costs from a domestic offer in comparisons of offers between domestic and nondomestic entities, (4) prohibits agencies from determining that the acquisition costs of U.S. materials is unreasonable unless it would increase overall acquisition cost by more than 25%, and (5) applies Buy American requirements to materials for use outside the United States that are not needed on an urgent basis or that are acquired on a regular basis.

An agency is prohibited from determining that a material is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality unless: (1) domestic production cannot be initiated without significantly delaying the project; and (2) a substitutable material is not in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.

The bill amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to require the Department of Homeland Security to procure from U.S. sources certain national security items used to construct border protection barriers and roads under the Illegal Immigration and Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

The bill prohibits the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from waiving Buy America requirements for states applying to use federal-aid funds to purchase buses, vehicles, or other rolling stock under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program unless: (1) the cost of components and subcomponents produced in the United States is more than 60% of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; and (2) final assembly of the rolling stock has occurred in the United States.

The bill requires involvement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and a domestic supplier scouting process for domestic content waivers that: (1) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issues to Amtrak for rail projects, and (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues to grant recipients under the airport improvement program.

The FAA may approve an airport improvement project financed with passenger facility charges only if the steel and manufactured goods are produced in the United States.

The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), and the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to add domestic source requirements, and require public notice and comment before any waivers of such requirements, for projects supported by:

  • the Environmental Protection Agency's grants to state drinking water treatment or water pollution control revolving loan funds;
  • the Rural Utilities Service;
  • the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
  • the Department of the Interior for the construction of treatment works for rural water projects; or
  • the FRA.
]]> Buy American Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Buy American Improvement Act of 2017 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 2017 Introduced in House 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr904ih/xml/BILLS-115hr904ih.xml 2017-02-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. 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.