[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 613 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 613

    To strengthen Buy America requirements applicable to airports, 
highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2011

     Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Mr. Holden, Mr. George Miller of 
 California, and Mr. Ellison) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To strengthen Buy America requirements applicable to airports, 
highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airports, Highways, High-Speed Rail, 
Trains, and Transit: Make it in America Act''.

SEC. 2. AIRPORTS.

    Section 50101(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (1) and (2), respectively; and
            (3) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) by striking 
        subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) the cost of components and subcomponents 
                produced in the United States is--
                            ``(i) more than 60 percent of the cost of 
                        all components of the facility or equipment, in 
                        the case of obligations made on or before 
                        December 31, 2011;
                            ``(ii) more than 80 percent of the cost of 
                        all components of the facility or equipment, in 
                        the case of obligations made in the period 
                        beginning January 1, 2012, and ending December 
                        31, 2012; or
                            ``(iii) 100 percent of the cost of all 
                        components of the facility or equipment, in the 
                        case of obligations made after December 31, 
                        2013; and''.

SEC. 3. HIGHWAYS AND ROADWAYS.

    Section 313(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(b) The Secretary may waive subsection (a) if the Secretary finds 
that including domestic material will increase the cost of the overall 
project by more than 25 percent.''.

SEC. 4. HIGH SPEED RAIL.

    Section 24405(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) if the Secretary finds 
that including domestic material will increase the cost of the overall 
project by more than 25 percent.''.

SEC. 5. AMTRAK TRAINS.

    Section 24305(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking paragraph (4).

SEC. 6. BUSES, LIGHT RAIL, HEAVY RAIL.

    Section 5323(j)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (A)(i) (as so redesignated) 
        and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) the cost of components and 
                        subcomponents produced in the United States 
                        is--
                                    ``(I) more than 60 percent of the 
                                cost of all components of the rolling 
                                stock, in the case of obligations made 
                                on or before December 31, 2011;
                                    ``(II) more than 80 percent of the 
                                cost of all components of the rolling 
                                stock, in the case of obligations made 
                                in the period beginning January 1, 
                                2012, and ending December 31, 2012; or
                                    ``(III) 100 percent of the cost of 
                                all components of the rolling stock, in 
                                the case of obligations made after 
                                December 31, 2013; and''.
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