3.0.0 2284 2023-01-11T13:38:54Z 2023-01-11T13:38:54Z Senate S 2018-01-09 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-01-09T22:09:21Z 21st Century Buy American Act 115 4812 HR 2018-01-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS 21st Century Buy American Act 115 2196 S 2017-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018 115 6907 HR 2018-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2018-01-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2018-01-09 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2018-01-09 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-01-09 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-03-01 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Buy American requirements Congressional oversight Free trade and trade barriers Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Manufacturing Public contracts and procurement Trade restrictions Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-04T14:21:59Z BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018

This bill requires the General Services Administration to establish a publicly available website that contains details regarding waivers of and exceptions to Buy American laws. The website must contain information on all waivers and exceptions that have been requested, are under consideration, or have been granted by federal agencies.

The bill also: (1) specifies requirements for granting public interest waivers of Buy American laws; and (2) requires the Department of Commerce to report to Congress and the President on the implementation of, and compliance with, Buy American laws.

]]> BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018 Display Title BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen Buy American requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2284is/xml/BILLS-115s2284is.xml 2018-01-09 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.