BUY AMERICAN ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: ensure that all items for sale in National Park Service or National Archives and Records Administration gift shops are produced in the U.S. (see S. 1384), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 2595), H4174 [28JN]

Federal agencies and departments: conduct annual audit of contracts for compliance with Buy American Act (see H.R. 1480), H1909 [10AP]

——— increase requirement for American-made content in products purchased under Federal contracts and strengthen certain waiver provisions for Federal contracts (see H.R. 3346), H6827 [28OC]

Government regulations: clarify applicability to products purchased for use of legislative branch and prohibit exceptions for products bearing an official congressional insignia (see H.R. 194), H51 [4JA]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H981 [5MR]

Renewable energy: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 1524), H1990 [12AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit drilling for oil or gas beneath the Great Lakes and ensure that each new oil and gas drilling lease issued uses materials made in the U.S., H4158 [28JN]

EPA: reinstate Buy American Act requirements for Clean Water State Revolving Fund projects, H4541 [17JY]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (H.R. 949), H2235 [23AP], H2258 [24AP], H4540H4542 [17JY]

Railroads: extend Buy American Act requirements to Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement loan program, H4542 [17JY]

Renewable energy: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (H.R. 1524), H2599 [14MY], H4514 [16JY], H6667 [22OC]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Transportation: require an impact assessment on domestic employment of a waiver of the Buy American Act requirement for Federal-aid highway projects, S5937 [25JY]