BUY AMERICAN ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: amend relative to certain waivers and domestic content percentage requirements and provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements (see S. 2196), S7891 [6DE]

Contracts: apply to Federal spending and grant programs, set domestic content standards for Dept. of Transportation grantees, and require Federal disclosure of waivers (see S. 908), S2450 [7AP] (see H.R. 904), H1079 [7FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 1241), H1391 [28FE]

Infrastructure: ensure any infrastructure plan provides for job creation, public investment, clean energy jobs, fair hiring and wage standards, and protection of Federal aid programs, the environment, and civil rights (see H. Con. Res. 63), H4606 [25MY]

Public works: ensure that certain Federal public works and infrastructure projects use materials produced in the U.S. (see S. 181), S360 [20JA]

Remarks in House

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, H6204 [24JY]

Contracts: apply to Federal spending and grant programs, set domestic content standards for Dept. of Transportation grantees, and require Federal disclosure of waivers (H.R. 904), H4306 [17MY]

Corps of Engineers: require purchase of certain welded shipboard anchor and mooring chains from a manufacturer that is part of the national technology and industrial base, H6457, H6458 [26JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for the National School Lunch Program (H.R. 1241), H2844 [25AP]

Power resources: ensure iron and steel products used in international border-crossing facilities for import and export of oil and natural gas and transmission of electricity are produced in the U.S., H6022 [19JY]

Transportation: ensure that infrastructure projects use materials produced in the U.S., H2843 [25AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: identify and give consideration to domestically sourced items before soliciting offers for items that are not compliant with the Buy American Act, S5194 [12SE], S5270 [13SE]

——— prohibit elimination of Buy American Act protections for U.S. companies, S5194 [12SE], S5255, S5271 [13SE], S5731 [14SE]

——— work with Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide products that comply with Buy American Act standards, S5270 [13SE]

GAO: review Buy American Act training practices for contracts and personnel, S5270 [13SE]