[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2356. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        On page 2059, between lines 9 and 10, insert the 
     following:
       (C) Priority for projects that use components from 
     domestically manufactured sources.--In addition to the 
     prioritization required under subparagraph (A), an eligible 
     entity, in awarding subgrants for the deployment of a 
     broadband network using grant funds received under this 
     section, as authorized under subsection (f)(1), shall give 
     priority to projects that incorporate broadband componentry, 
     including radio frequency integrated circuits, from 
     domestically manufactured sources.
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