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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. GARAMENDI:H.R. 874.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:Transportation and Public Works[Page H781]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <name>Buy American requirements</name>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Federal Ship Financing Improvement Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill allows the Maritime Administration to guarantee financing (including reimbursement for expenditures previously made) for reconstruction, repair, or similar work in a shipyard located in the United States for, among other things, to change an existing vessel to a vessel of the United States.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The bill also requires that certain shipyard modernization and improvement projects financed by the Maritime Administration use American products and materials (i.e., goods mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States).&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To amend title 46, United States Code, to allow the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to finance vessel retrofit, repair, or similar work required for the vessel to be a vessel of the United States, and for other purposes.</title>
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