BUY AMERICAN ACT

Bills and resolutions

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. 1066), H1460 [7FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings (see S. 2310), S5141 [29JY]

Federal agencies and departments: require publication of annual reports required under ‘‘Buy American Hire American’’ and ‘‘Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects’’ Executive orders (see S. 405), S1132 [7FE]

Government regulations: standardize and extend certain provisions (see H.R. 2755), H3841 [15MY]

GSA: establish BuyAmerican.gov website to collect and display information on Federal agencies’ requests for Buy American Act waivers (see S. 1324), S2645 [6MY]

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. 36), H3283 [25AP]

Maritime Administration: ensure Small Shipyard Grant Program projects are carried out using materials produced in the U.S. (see S. 1287), S2612 [2MY]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (see S. 1955), S4504 [25JN] (see S. 2056), S4698 [8JY] (see H.R. 3459), H5165 [25JN]

Requirements: strengthen (see H.R. 2472), H3438 [2MY]

Remarks in House

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. 1066), E147 [7FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding used in contravention of the Executive Order relative to buy American preference requirements, H5016, H5017 [21JN]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (H.R. 3459), H7228 [23JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Transportation: establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings, S5172 [30JY]