[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2727. Mr. SCOTT of Florida proposed an amendment to the resolution 
S. Res. 625, affirming the benefits of ``Buying American''; as follows:

        Strike the preamble and insert the following:
       Whereas, on July 15, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed 
     Executive Order 13881 titled ``Maximizing Use of American-
     Made Goods, Products, and Materials'' (84 Fed. Reg. 34257), 
     which would enforce the Buy American Act of 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
     8301 et seq.) to the greatest extent permitted by law;
       Whereas, the Buy American Act of 1933 requires Federal 
     agencies to procure materials and products domestically--
       (1) when the materials are intended for public use within 
     the United States; and
       (2) when the materials to be procured (or the materials 
     from which they are manufactured) are present in the United 
     States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial 
     quantities of a satisfactory quality;
       Whereas American-made products are developed under United 
     States' regulations and undergo testing to ensure their 
     compliance with United States' safety standards, which are 
     among the highest standards in the world;
       Whereas American-made products are produced by workers 
     earning competitive wages and working in safe working 
     conditions;
       Whereas purchasing American-made products supports the 
     producers of those products and their communities;
       Whereas, according to the Manufacturing Institute, each 
     dollar spent in sales of manufactured products supports $1.33 
     in output from other sectors of the economy;
       Whereas, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for 
     Productivity and Innovation Foundation, for every full-time 
     job in manufacturing, there are 3.4 full-time equivalent jobs 
     created in non-manufacturing industries;
       Whereas, according to a 2017 poll conducted by Reuters and 
     Ipsos, when buying products, nearly 70 percent of Americans 
     find it important that the products they buy were made in the 
     United States;
       Whereas strengthening American manufacturing supports 
     employment in the United States, produces innovation and the 
     seeds for future industries, and supports the global 
     competitiveness of the United States;
       Whereas a strong American manufacturing base is an 
     important component in helping to revitalize the United 
     States economy as it recovers from the global COVID-19 
     pandemic;
       Whereas a strong domestic supply chain for certain goods 
     and close cooperation with trusted allies can support 
     national security and public safety;
       Whereas the global COVID-19 pandemic presented significant 
     challenges for the globally interconnected supply chain of 
     medical products and has heightened the need for supply chain 
     security of a variety of critical materials and products; and
       Whereas, regarding the manufacturing of critical medical 
     supplies and products essential to national security, 
     national stockpiles and a healthy domestic industrial base 
     would help handle any future surge in need for these 
     supplies: Now, therefore, be it
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