BUY AMERICAN ACT

Articles and editorials

Drawbacks of Buy American Act, E2021 [8OC]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: eliminate incentives to move operations abroad, enforce antidumping and trade laws, prohibit commerce in products made with child labor, and extend Buy American Act provisions (see S. 592), S3504 [11MR]

Dept. of Transportation: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels (see H.R. 3017), H8015 [5SE]

———clarify certain Buy American Act provisions (see H.R. 3682), H12919 [8DE]

Foreign trade: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (see S. 1480), S10140 [29JY]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels, H6807 [15JY]

Coast Guard: ensure materials used in bridge alteration projects are produced in the U.S., H10420 [5NO]

Contracts: compliance, H5226, H5227 [11JN], H5774, H5776, H5779-H5781 [24JN], H6564 [10JY], H7041 [17JY], H7140, H7142 [18JY], H7990 [5SE], H8024 [9SE]

———compliance relative to ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, E2021 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: ensure the use of U.S. made titanium on U.S. military systems, H10988, H10989 [7NO]

———require use of domestic products, H3658 [6MY]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: eliminate incentives to move operations abroad, enforce antidumping and trade laws, prohibit commerce in products made with child labor, and extend Buy American Act provisions (S. 592), S3516 [11MR]

Congress: require a report relative to Federal acquisitions of U.S.-made products, S13887, S13889 [4NO]

Contracts: compliance, S9519, S9520 [17JY], S9757, S9758 [23JY], S11824 [23SE], S12270 [1OC]

Foreign trade: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (S. 1480), S10142 [29JY], S12270 [1OC]

Summaries

Securing America's Future—The Case for a Strong Manufacturing Base: National Association for Manufacturing, H6807 [15JY]

Texts of

S. 1480, Buy American Improvement Act, S10143 [29JY]