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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><calendar>Calendar No. 667</calendar><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 1303</legis-num><associated-doc role="report">[Report No. 117–268]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20210422">April 22, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S307">Mr. Brown</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S349">Mr. Portman</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S380">Mr. Peters</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S397">Mr. Braun</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00" added-display-style="italic" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><action stage="Reported-in-Senate"><action-date date="20221219">December 19, 2022</action-date><action-desc>Reported by <sponsor name-id="S380">Mr. Peters</sponsor>, with an amendment</action-desc><action-instruction>Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic</action-instruction></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To ensure that certain Federal infrastructure programs require the use of materials produced in the United States, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H0BE010B9A716484FB6BD1CB62A9B43E6"><section section-type="section-one" id="id73e832ea49554e7284ab578ea0d15dcd" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Build America, Buy America Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idAC5DFAD5DD1647AF8F38BE4BE486003A" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>2.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="id81de6484ce79407e88af59cdab70c56a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States must make significant investments to install, upgrade, or replace the public works infrastructure of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf3d94d858e2a48b88b9f13d142f3b94e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to investments in the infrastructure of the United States, taxpayers expect that their public works infrastructure will be produced in the United States by American workers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b714ecfcc554da1a811f58233f3c997"><enum>(3)</enum><text>United States taxpayer dollars invested in public infrastructure should not be used to reward companies that have moved their operations, investment dollars, and jobs to foreign countries or foreign factories, particularly those that do not share or openly flout the commitments of the United States to environmental, worker, and workplace safety protections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48c349ebe1ae447ab3e17ab72522ebcd"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in procuring materials for public works projects, entities using taxpayer-financed Federal assistance should give a commonsense procurement preference for the materials and products produced by companies and workers in the United States in accordance with the high ideals embodied in the environmental, worker, workplace safety, and other regulatory requirements of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a05285b1f6648c2acac2dc0ce890e5e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the benefits of domestic content preferences extend beyond economics;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id558697A017284B958553DC23DCD39B4E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by incentivizing domestic manufacturing, domestic content preferences reinvest tax dollars in companies and processes using the highest labor and environmental standards in the world;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7A70A7362B7C4829B2C1F6F91893738F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>strong domestic content preference policies act to prevent shifts in production to countries that rely on production practices that are significantly less energy efficient and far more polluting than those in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8208452d33ed40f9a7fbc816cfd4cb39"><enum>(8)</enum><text>for over 75 years, Buy America and other domestic preference laws have been part of the United States procurement policy, ensuring that the United States can build and rebuild the infrastructure of the United States with high-quality American-made materials;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7b1ec1e90f841e69e03024a94b22910"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Buy America laws create demand for domestically produced goods, helping to sustain and grow domestic manufacturing and the millions of jobs domestic manufacturing supports throughout product supply chains;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide77e6b920b41493fb2902b552c49b0c6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>as of the date of enactment of this Act, domestic procurement preference policies apply to all Federal Government procurement and to various Federal-aid infrastructure programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63d7b3505f6341a7a1c25ca8b9b2f555"><enum>(11)</enum><text>a robust domestic manufacturing sector is a vital component of the national security of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCB09C2F890894F20B4ADD95C54DCA057"><enum>(12)</enum><text>as more manufacturing operations of the United States have moved offshore, the strength and readiness of the defense industrial base of the United States has been diminished; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc8be1bc9f56488bac629893108e832c"><enum>(13)</enum><text>domestic procurement preference laws—</text><subparagraph id="id4DFBBCC880CC48D791941083ED49B3E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are fully consistent with the international obligations of the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCEF51C30C5D3468E89EFB2780753C59D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>together with the government procurements to which the laws apply, are important levers for ensuring that United States manufacturers can access the government procurement markets of the trading partners of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id31f8be68a83a4896a99a5d56b9de004c" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>3.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text><paragraph id="id649a79280e1d461d8bf9e69a45267d78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deficient program</header><text>The term <term>deficient program</term> means a program identified by the head of a Federal agency under section 4(c).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd2f3ab9aeb594313a54104712f7558d6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Domestic content procurement preference</header><text>The term <term>domestic content procurement preference</term> means a requirement that no amounts made available through a program for Federal financial assistance may be obligated for a project unless—</text><subparagraph id="idc9c992e416ed48c0bb3131c6dac8ae9d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b0164bd01dd412ba2c62a5d9c92d09d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc9d378c5b01e4869a8da28638d8af087"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text>The term <term>Federal agency</term> has the meaning given the term <term>agency</term> in section 552(f) of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6FE5F376B10A41279338F80AC630D78E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal financial assistance</header><subparagraph id="id0692DA1CEE504A4CA169B9F6B87BD87E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Federal financial assistance</term> has the meaning given the term in section 200.40 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAFDBFFF26A6A4FD79AFA1B5974E419EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>Federal financial assistance</term> includes all expenditures by a Federal agency for an infrastructure project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id743441934f2840d88a6a014b05f00480"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>infrastructure</term> includes, at a minimum, the structures, facilities, and equipment for, in the United States—</text><subparagraph id="id54dbd74aea0a4273865883686762d48c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>roads, highways, and bridges;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63966c5bca904c94841c800144704d5d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public transportation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1682e75692a04e739f8bf8e805ba4312"><enum>(C)</enum><text>dams, ports, harbors, and other maritime facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbb8f4c6f3754214907d48e019722fe2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>intercity passenger and freight railroads;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ebc36f125ac42d99588096233f4fb49"><enum>(E)</enum><text>freight and intermodal facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbde3bb2dc86043ee93b85b5a57f75822"><enum>(F)</enum><text>airports;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77fab4f689d84c16b02cf540982692f8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>water systems, including drinking water and wastewater systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17f98f2f4d6242689252b3cc6eed1222"><enum>(H)</enum><text>electrical transmission facilities and systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8750030dd22f4c0393807c5c8828540c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>utilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id827a080a0d664968a1d85b58468d5f74"><enum>(J)</enum><text>broadband infrastructure; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79006b3f149048c1b6430e3df5f482cb"><enum>(K)</enum><text>buildings and real property.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5655474785b3402fba2c8a3e3c34142c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Produced in the United States</header><text>The term <term>produced in the United States</term> means, in the case of iron or steel products, that all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5fb5b35fd30b4d7d9ef40a87b8a079c4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>project</term> means the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure in the United States.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id690d264f21c34d87bf73f059fd33342a" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>4.</enum><header>Identification of deficient programs</header><subsection id="id634f31f8321f44939483756f53f4944a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall—</text><paragraph id="id00A9047739F64EE580394A7CB16E649C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the Office of Management and Budget and to Congress, including a separate notice to each appropriate congressional committee, a report that identifies each Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure administered by the Federal agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB9D791EEAE94AEE88425790753CBDCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish in the Federal Register the report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida18a904e23cf4764b2c7d3c142ae2d90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In the report under subsection (a), the head of each Federal agency shall, for each Federal financial assistance program—</text><paragraph id="id1214e825a5574ea0b78a69338242856f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify all domestic content procurement preferences applicable to the Federal financial assistance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9593a18840b84846934362bec1e13717"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the applicability of the domestic content procurement preference requirements, including—</text><subparagraph id="id74c637128a114666bb80b45a36a9bf12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 313 of title 23, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida8208ab8c8394aef9b6619426554b59f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1b826a9714745419bb0496faef2383b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 22905(a) of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f9b6c12f0af4bd599e0e1dc83f59074"><enum>(D)</enum><text>section 50101 of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15b4674ef4f942fe9d1e833dff514207"><enum>(E)</enum><text>section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1388">33 U.S.C. 1388</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idAA20401843C14F0C86B299B6B6960B41"><enum>(F)</enum><text>section 1452(a)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(4)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64e9651e05554a7a8be1994c48f46ed8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>section 5035 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3914">33 U.S.C. 3914</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id176045ea5e3443a48bc9f9df35e1a625"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any domestic content procurement preference included in an appropriations Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20BC17C388B44C4C953EBFAB58C248FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any other domestic content procurement preference in Federal law (including regulations);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf2ab56f333f4b81bae64a2128d98bb4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide details on any applicable domestic content procurement preference requirement, including the purpose, scope, applicability, and any exceptions and waivers issued under the requirement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1814cf23099346deafeff5df21538592"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include a description of the type of infrastructure projects that receive funding under the program, including information relating to—</text><subparagraph id="id5c3b6c67a898407b9f61b3d8784a90f9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of entities that are participating in the program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f9bade0775047b1bea6aa6d46ba5356"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of Federal funds that are made available for the program for each fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida59c6a03ede7434384c320ff40094ef8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other information the head of the Federal agency determines to be relevant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id42551c84f7f54156a8750765b1f17499"><enum>(c)</enum><header>List of deficient programs</header><text>In the report under subsection (a), the head of each Federal agency shall include a list of Federal financial assistance programs for infrastructure identified under that subsection for which a domestic content procurement preference requirement—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD91A8F3E9E224A35A168FFB3F69C4513"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not apply; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7E58CE3E089D4EE98E2E5E2E86CC67BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is subject to a waiver of general applicability not limited to the use of specific products for use in a specific project.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id436d311cfea14b4dbca9c764865d6bbf" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>5.</enum><header>Application of Buy America preference</header><subsection id="idcf760fc09e264242b0a71341d7eafb68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall ensure that none of the funds made available for a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure, including each deficient program, may be used for a project unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd00ded432e644d289a17fc4be88e62c3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The head of a Federal agency that applies a domestic content procurement preference under this section may waive the application of that preference in any case in which the head of the Federal agency finds that—</text><paragraph id="id5f6d2892250d4e3c8b8a146aaad98dbe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applying the domestic content procurement preference would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68b7323f5b9e45b582a08fd288687860"><enum>(2)</enum><text>types of iron, steel, or manufactured products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id180d85f593984a4a925bdf20cd7101e6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the inclusion of iron, steel, or manufactured products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc82a0b02ecf14ace80863b02f1b266f6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Written justification</header><text>Before issuing a waiver under subsection (b), the head of the Federal agency shall—</text><paragraph id="idC3E38AB2B6E74E60B7A42A81DB5A3380"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish in the Federal Register and make publicly available in an easily accessible location on the website of the Federal agency a detailed written explanation for the proposed determination to issue the waiver; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B458BE554EC4E12B0115797CB7D2BD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide a reasonable period for public comment on the proposed waiver.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id774338b6ce7949fa94f3fb69bfc9f69f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on waivers of general applicability</header><text>A waiver issued under subsection (b) shall be limited to the use of specific products for use in a specific project.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb1bd52558fb94b2995fbe215a1f9b30e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consistency with international agreements</header><text>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</text></subsection></section><section id="ida44b985027bf412f994b6cac7df4edc3" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>6.</enum><header>OMB guidance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall—</text><paragraph id="idff82fb6d79194f94af8484a886ebc24c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue guidance to the head of each Federal agency—</text><subparagraph id="id153077b466d44e62977f28c74cb8bbcf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assist in identifying deficient programs under section 4(c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbef222f7394e48c58e36780bf346291b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assist in applying new domestic content procurement preferences under section 5; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id31e23e4b2e9c435e8e6131a428e61231"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if necessary, amend subtitle A of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), to ensure that domestic content procurement preference requirements required by this Act or other Federal law are imposed through the terms and conditions of awards of Federal financial assistance.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id4ffeea51457b4229b32acfd245e591be" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>7.</enum><header>Application</header><subsection commented="no" id="id8B8EF9592E0A4501A265CD045032579D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act shall apply to a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure only to the extent that a domestic content procurement preference as described in section 5 does not already apply to iron, steel, and manufactured products.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id9D9985F2187F4708BC8AE69CEB5580B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this Act affects a domestic content procurement preference for a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure that is in effect and that meets the requirements of section 5.</text></subsection></section></legis-body><legis-body display-enacting-clause="no-display-enacting-clause"><section section-type="section-one" id="id09bdc40b-df46-4591-9000-3d82863fbc16" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; table of contents</header><subsection id="id146B458CDC4E466AB7A60CB5286F88EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Build America, Buy America Act</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8F13A3EA19284857B3B6416F0E850DE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for this Act is as follows:</text><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><toc-entry level="section" idref="id73e832ea49554e7284ab578ea0d15dcd">Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title" idref="idA3D7D02D93E8409380FE6D85449B3FA6">TITLE I—Build America, Buy America</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idAC5DFAD5DD1647AF8F38BE4BE486003A">Sec. 101. Findings.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id31f8be68a83a4896a99a5d56b9de004c">Sec. 102. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id690d264f21c34d87bf73f059fd33342a">Sec. 103. Identification of deficient programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id436d311cfea14b4dbca9c764865d6bbf">Sec. 104. Application of Buy America preference.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="ida44b985027bf412f994b6cac7df4edc3">Sec. 105. OMB guidance and standards.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id104F62819F2E4B139E917EF03B751FCA">Sec. 106. Technical assistance partnership and consultation supporting Department of Transportation Buy America requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id4ffeea51457b4229b32acfd245e591be">Sec. 107. Application.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="title" idref="idEBA08DDA08A94B3FABAAEBEAE0449442">TITLE II—Make it in America</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="H067E0A9BB77C4F52B61FFFF471C68B58">Sec. 201. Regulations relating to Buy American Act.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="H6B3F2CAA78E04FB4AFF3E20F9923E158">Sec. 202. Amendments relating to Buy American Act.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id2364076FCCFD4AFA9B0BD15900986AE6">Sec. 203. Made in America Office.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idCBAC050945654FCA8AB8FEBDB395ADF5">Sec. 204. Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership activities.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="HCBD20EE9B44A48FB81CC02C3B1DE8880">Sec. 205. United States obligations under international agreements.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="H2631F68BB9344195BE4E1CCD2547465B">Sec. 206. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id252D9558F61249DA8CFF31B47070CECA">Sec. 207. Prospective amendments to internal cross-references.</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section><title id="idA3D7D02D93E8409380FE6D85449B3FA6" style="OLC" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>I</enum><header>Build America, Buy America</header><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="id34097d04-6776-4e7e-9a8b-8091284c89ab"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="ida41b449e-4eea-4402-b089-4cbe2c256f06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States must make significant investments to install, upgrade, or replace the public works infrastructure of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95826aa8-1f6a-415a-8f04-cd9ffb049e2b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to investments in the infrastructure of the United States, taxpayers expect that their public works infrastructure will be produced in the United States by American workers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5bf3a3ea-d824-4a3b-9f93-baa16300f9c6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>United States taxpayer dollars invested in public infrastructure should not be used to reward companies that have moved their operations, investment dollars, and jobs to foreign countries or foreign factories, particularly those that do not share or openly flout the commitments of the United States to environmental, worker, and workplace safety protections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id769062af-eef1-4089-8e07-9e94a80438b8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in procuring materials for public works projects, entities using taxpayer-financed Federal assistance should give a commonsense procurement preference for the materials and products produced by companies and workers in the United States in accordance with the high ideals embodied in the environmental, worker, workplace safety, and other regulatory requirements of the United States; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id81f0ac39421b41deb658e2454f0b6d60"><enum>(5)</enum><text>common construction materials used in public works infrastructure projects, including steel, iron, manufactured products, non-ferrous metals, plastic and polymer-based products (including polyvinylchloride, composite building materials, and polymers used in fiber optic cables), concrete and other aggregates, glass (including optic glass), lumber, and drywall are not adequately covered by a domestic content procurement preference, thus limiting the impact of taxpayer purchases to enhance supply chains in the United States; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id416a8763-1451-47c4-b794-da79d528f265"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the benefits of domestic content procurement preferences extend beyond economics;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide0414a00-228b-4e12-8e7f-a2e4f16d4dcc"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by incentivizing domestic manufacturing, domestic content procurement preferences reinvest tax dollars in companies and processes using the highest labor and environmental standards in the world;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8703f4b-65a8-479d-80f4-70e496eae20f"><enum>(8)</enum><text>strong domestic content procurement preference policies act to prevent shifts in production to countries that rely on production practices that are significantly less energy efficient and far more polluting than those in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id674c8fb8-a0ef-47df-a694-ce2637e5223b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>for over 75 years, Buy America and other domestic content procurement preference laws have been part of the United States procurement policy, ensuring that the United States can build and rebuild the infrastructure of the United States with high-quality American-made materials; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id750d28bd67714ad598929ea9becf2d38"><enum>(10)</enum><text>before the date of enactment of this Act, a domestic content procurement preference requirement may not apply, may apply only to a narrow scope of products and materials, or may be limited by waiver with respect to many infrastructure programs, which necessitates a review of such programs, including programs for roads, highways, and bridges, public transportation, dams, ports, harbors, and other maritime facilities, intercity passenger and freight railroads, freight and intermodal facilities, airports, water systems, including drinking water and wastewater systems, electrical transmission facilities and systems, utilities, broadband infrastructure, and buildings and real property; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56ee0b8b-ef23-4e47-acdb-87d80caff527"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Buy America laws create demand for domestically produced goods, helping to sustain and grow domestic manufacturing and the millions of jobs domestic manufacturing supports throughout product supply chains;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7461dd7-087b-45dc-be14-ba17991911f5"><enum>(12)</enum><text>as of the date of enactment of this Act, domestic content procurement preference policies apply to all Federal Government procurement and to various Federal-aid infrastructure programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84e6385d-f702-4b13-8681-55f73a35f90f"><enum>(13)</enum><text>a robust domestic manufacturing sector is a vital component of the national security of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id75bf6dbf-10d2-42a8-983c-20334f68a611"><enum>(14)</enum><text>as more manufacturing operations of the United States have moved offshore, the strength and readiness of the defense industrial base of the United States has been diminished; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf340cd78-7170-47a3-ad5e-ae6081c0a02d"><enum>(15)</enum><text>domestic content procurement preference laws—</text><subparagraph id="id9f6fedb9-8fc0-403f-8b07-40c6b227e8e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are fully consistent with the international obligations of the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc69f15b0-4f3f-46c8-a4d7-adb784c57b8c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>together with the government procurements to which the laws apply, are important levers for ensuring that United States manufacturers can access the government procurement markets of the trading partners of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idffde647b-8eae-4d41-a950-7d3e98f36f31"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="id5940c33e-c299-4146-a8a5-edfc03abfe42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deficient program</header><text>The term <term>deficient program</term> means a program identified by the head of a Federal agency under section 103(c).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5da70b8c-a0dd-4474-91ae-cc248627b829"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Domestic content procurement preference</header><text>The term <term>domestic content procurement preference</term> means a requirement that no amounts made available through a program for Federal financial assistance may be obligated for a project unless—</text><subparagraph id="ida2277dcb-10ec-4135-b1df-bd7f118413e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba93595f-d84d-4234-bb9a-46b973b578c6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7842E4DCB01418782881C91864251A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id769f7d3d-adce-45cb-ae1b-57e8b9fd3ba0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text>The term <term>Federal agency</term> means any authority of the United States that is an <quote>agency</quote> (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code), other than an independent regulatory agency (as defined in that section).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90f98028-a274-471b-b5f6-9dd3564b0dea"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal financial assistance</header><subparagraph id="id36719d94-12e0-49d2-a09d-0e6934c7eec3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Federal financial assistance</term> has the meaning given the term in section 200.1 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3770e10-43e0-429d-b8cb-e155e7419134"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>Federal financial assistance</term> includes all expenditures by a Federal agency to a non-Federal entity for an infrastructure project, except that it does not include expenditures for assistance authorized under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 408, or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170a">42 U.S.C. 5170a</external-xref>, 5170b, 5170c, 5172, 5174, or 5192) relating to a major disaster or emergency declared by the President under section 401 or 501, respectively, of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</external-xref>, 5191) or pre and post disaster or emergency response expenditures. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1cab44db-95c6-4ada-9b52-a6ec41a94749"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>infrastructure</term> includes, at a minimum, the structures, facilities, and equipment for, in the United States—</text><subparagraph id="id75b0b0af-d4f8-4f0f-8585-879bbe954251"><enum>(A)</enum><text>roads, highways, and bridges;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id156dd984-1f5f-44bf-ad33-e0fdd7b174e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public transportation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf04d1c6f-268c-4a1d-973d-ed05dbab09e8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>dams, ports, harbors, and other maritime facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b43203d-28ff-4677-960d-677fbdd7dd17"><enum>(D)</enum><text>intercity passenger and freight railroads;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2acbc6f1-2a61-40e7-a68e-cd77896679f8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>freight and intermodal facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66c2b1df-8ed6-408b-8c9f-3cd51ca376e4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>airports;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73e27766-f928-4446-905a-842ad0f11098"><enum>(G)</enum><text>water systems, including drinking water and wastewater systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida9c4ed4f-f4e3-44cd-b95f-8e3750826569"><enum>(H)</enum><text>electrical transmission facilities and systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36388492-9577-4c5b-bcc3-52dc7aae9fc1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>utilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4c3142ef-2832-4eae-8884-c1a440fc9e06"><enum>(J)</enum><text>broadband infrastructure; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida9c08deb-e0be-46e9-a12a-7cf64836365a"><enum>(K)</enum><text>buildings and real property.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b89e33c-3fe5-4425-a1ca-fb317c1410fd"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Produced in the United States</header><text>The term <term>produced in the United States</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idB30648B076F74903B56964E5DFC55642"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of iron or steel products, that all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0FC3B87F5B154FD29CFEFC3FA4502874"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of manufactured products, that—</text><clause id="idc2246c5afa534dfea69cdc0384504d9a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the manufactured product was manufactured in the United States; and</text></clause><clause id="id3fb132bbfdf6442eaca0a7385b9dbca2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of the components of the manufactured product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components of the manufactured product, unless another standard for determining the minimum amount of domestic content of the manufactured product has been established under applicable law or regulation; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3716216275ae4cddbd2927c7b27953d9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of construction materials, that all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e4aba88-2ab0-4e57-af7a-d8c91dd04942"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>project</term> means the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure in the United States.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id453797a1-0e1e-4aa5-9a2e-c4057845e496"><enum>103.</enum><header>Identification of deficient programs</header><subsection id="id279c2bcb-18af-4e80-905d-488faa1e1a6b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall—</text><paragraph id="idfffddf7c-e39f-4b72-987a-65ae54b4f969"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the Office of Management and Budget and to Congress, including a separate notice to each appropriate congressional committee, a report that identifies each Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure administered by the Federal agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idadb34890-e783-4eb0-90ed-19e0b6b9a26d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish in the Federal Register the report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd48f92b5-6bc5-4286-a37b-72073a151df3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In the report under subsection (a), the head of each Federal agency shall, for each Federal financial assistance program—</text><paragraph id="id778ad3f7-0175-472b-a622-8206028807c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify all domestic content procurement preferences applicable to the Federal financial assistance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbab13fb5-81dd-47b8-ae11-4dd3e077fae3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the applicability of the domestic content procurement preference requirements, including—</text><subparagraph id="id95be9151-4b13-4101-a030-dfbcbd1883ff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 313 of title 23, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15a5fd11-d4f3-4d47-9180-c81cb81c0ef4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2c998dd-9a7c-4305-ad39-3f3cf3e952eb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 22905(a) of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc65f59b8-88b7-45f2-afd9-61aa0926743e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>section 50101 of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf3e6a407-e12c-43d5-a356-ee00377dc696"><enum>(E)</enum><text>section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1388">33 U.S.C. 1388</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0251e4df-604e-4ba4-9d26-1f7eaa71ffeb"><enum>(F)</enum><text>section 1452(a)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(4)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4acc7f9-45c2-4e52-8f9a-fe58fd89102b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>section 5035 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3914">33 U.S.C. 3914</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2623e272-38ed-4029-bdf3-bddd432a83db"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any domestic content procurement preference included in an appropriations Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf9765be-f5c3-470b-9b6a-70267afaee17"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any other domestic content procurement preference in Federal law (including regulations);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idac896ba3-c7bb-40f4-9262-304aba5e953f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide details on any applicable domestic content procurement preference requirement, including the purpose, scope, applicability, and any exceptions and waivers issued under the requirement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8358ce66-264b-4512-9e0e-a783a3021176"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include a description of the type of infrastructure projects that receive funding under the program, including information relating to—</text><subparagraph id="id4d3dda47-2fc0-4653-84b2-5207afaca4c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of entities that are participating in the program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2e195196-8941-48db-8938-75ee7e851728"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of Federal funds that are made available for the program for each fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id694148bb-435f-4999-9273-24c87d838d74"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other information the head of the Federal agency determines to be relevant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id78592f77-3d23-4297-b18f-7eb4bcd52a10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>List of deficient programs</header><text>In the report under subsection (a), the head of each Federal agency shall include a list of Federal financial assistance programs for infrastructure identified under that subsection for which a domestic content procurement preference requirement—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idff217497-6c6d-496e-8b1a-07a67172a621"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not apply in a manner consistent with section 104; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idb0f33690-a092-4926-b149-7cd579476526"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is subject to a waiver of general applicability not limited to the use of specific products for use in a specific project.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id43196a12-11ff-41a1-bbeb-277c418f9a58"><enum>104.</enum><header>Application of Buy America preference</header><subsection id="id83a2d731-1cf8-43f9-9077-c3528501625d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall ensure that none of the funds made available for a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure, including each deficient program, may be obligated for a project unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2fc76f55-857a-43e2-9cb8-72dd10d4b1a6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The head of a Federal agency that applies a domestic content procurement preference under this section may waive the application of that preference in any case in which the head of the Federal agency finds that—</text><paragraph id="id253d7f52-8458-4133-80a1-45ead622749f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applying the domestic content procurement preference would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e95c4b3-f284-4cf3-ba64-9c58b39d283f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>types of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9bf94556-4dee-4725-ab0d-2dbcd127a0ac"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the inclusion of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id02c9f05a-c947-46dc-9207-f84a2a39ef37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Written justification</header><text>Before issuing a waiver under subsection (b), the head of the Federal agency shall—</text><paragraph id="idB14B06DB76094AD2BCCFE3C6116319E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make publicly available in an easily accessible location on a website designated by the Office of Management and Budget and on the website of the Federal agency a detailed written explanation for the proposed determination to issue the waiver; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id97C1AF2AB45540E0AF58338D92DE3D87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide a period of not less than 15 days for public comment on the proposed waiver. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6004F6CBAC2D4D8DB959CC1B15043AE6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Automatic sunset on waivers of general applicability</header><paragraph id="id1f72038b4e704190a5304c9a049d6986"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A general applicability waiver issued under subsection (b) shall expire not later than 2 years after the date on which the waiver is issued. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC564C44ED5E547A08535816D063E1831"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reissuance</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may reissue a general applicability waiver only after—</text><subparagraph id="idec15f021ba1b43f99b343c56728fe90a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publishing in the Federal Register a notice that—</text><clause id="id91E23DEDD56745D2BF933AA003873AE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes the justification for reissuing a general applicability waiver; and </text></clause><clause id="idC9FFA708A6CB4C019842D63E45C516F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requests public comments for a period of not less than 30 days; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8603d8e391d240c5a38303eb7d8029f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publishing in the Federal Register a second notice that—</text><clause id="id7F6D16D9EC0145E3924924AE852D8761"><enum>(i)</enum><text>responds to the public comments received in response to the first notice; and </text></clause><clause id="idE527C76F7CA544BF8F5396148D96C617"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides the final decision on whether the general applicability waiver will be reissued. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd3d6d898-9533-4a9c-98bc-4090b6fbe5f4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consistency with international agreements</header><text>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</text></subsection></section><section id="ide4602885-2b8e-4f98-9cd1-7665ad033ec5"><enum>105.</enum><header>OMB guidance and standards</header><subsection id="id41622A72EA87432D80B56D7583DF3478"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall—</text><paragraph id="iddbf7403c-f5af-48a4-8b46-1afb5b5fb2c6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue guidance to the head of each Federal agency—</text><subparagraph id="id085d6595-bb59-4f5c-9c2f-107e164fb313"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assist in identifying deficient programs under section 103(c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5765ecca-cc61-4fb3-ae5d-af7abd0c8c8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assist in applying new domestic content procurement preferences under section 104; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c7f284b-4358-4d6b-8f0e-8d2aa58865f6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if necessary, amend subtitle A of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), to ensure that domestic content procurement preference requirements required by this title or other Federal law are imposed through the terms and conditions of awards of Federal financial assistance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id401ed2e207e34b7ea016cc97f96b70d9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for construction materials</header><paragraph id="id0fa668720c854f218b942c2e8b62e9b7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue standards that define the term <term>all manufacturing processes</term> in the case of construction materials.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e3b203655884cdeb8bb99c68942b53c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In issuing standards under paragraph (1), the Director shall—</text><subparagraph id="ida4529cff3ad74f619679de764e7984f9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that the standards require that each manufacturing process required for the manufacture of the construction material and the inputs of the construction material occurs in the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1baf6624352492e9d417ecbfb0c11d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>take into consideration and seek to maximize the direct and indirect jobs benefited or created in the production of the construction material. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id104F62819F2E4B139E917EF03B751FCA"><enum>106.</enum><header>Technical assistance partnership and consultation supporting Department of Transportation Buy America requirements</header><subsection id="idE50C318CA9274072BE5D2EE91B71C830"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idCB6AF085A6A947CD8AFF47E6BB2C0F47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Buy America law</header><text>The term <term>Buy America law</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idC4DAB33EFA4848F780936392D9F3DCC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 313 of title 23, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB5A8C66A26B740A29132A11811C61B47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEAA6B7768EF44034A65B80E983C50074"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 22905(a) of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCEE190C871194CDCA1FAC09CCF1862EB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>section 50101 of title 49, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7DD0DC59AC97466D827E01C7E21ECA95"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other domestic content procurement preference for an infrastructure project under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF01B70D9F11E47079B23E43FBFF41DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id14D031DF167B4209B10BA01B2AF80472"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical assistance partnership</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a technical assistance partnership with the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology—</text><paragraph id="idA76007606B4945A5BC74CB9413C5591D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to ensure the development of a domestic supply base to support intermodal transportation in the United States, such as intercity high speed rail transportation, public transportation systems, highway construction or reconstruction, airport improvement projects, and other infrastructure projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4547260E18EA4ED89C026EADADAFE3BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure compliance with Buy America laws that apply to a project that receives assistance from the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, or another office or modal administration of the Secretary of Transportation; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2F5C129C614E456387C897CB8222AC81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to encourage technologies developed with the support of and resources from the Secretary to be transitioned into commercial market and applications; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B75DD09DB2F457286E7BAAB794D35DD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to establish procedures for consultation under subsection (c). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C3567DD3F6446BC84FC10F789A085B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Before granting a written waiver under a Buy America law, the Secretary shall consult with the Director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership regarding whether there is a domestic entity that could provide the iron, steel, manufactured product, or construction material that is the subject of the proposed waiver. </text></subsection><subsection id="id7f407b554db546f79ff63bdfa071670f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives a report that includes— </text><paragraph id="idcd58fdeb57d747799c959e3aac77ce87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed description of the consultation procedures developed under subsection (b)(4);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28bf561f36f3412891e901a461946e61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed description of each waiver requested under a Buy America law in the preceding year that was subject to consultation under subsection (c), and the results of the consultation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id760ff2dd35a746aaa2e40ac616746e7e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a detailed description of each waiver granted under a Buy America law in the preceding year, including the type of waiver and the reasoning for granting the waiver; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id065ab89056bd46fdba47f925670b3820"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an update on challenges and gaps in the domestic supply base identified in carrying out subsection (b)(1), including a list of actions and policy changes the Secretary recommends be taken to address those challenges and gaps. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id51f2804b-b750-49f4-a52e-2e4a0bcac1aa"><enum>107.</enum><header>Application</header><subsection commented="no" id="ida041a906-50c8-4c49-b16c-b02a4c897438"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title shall apply to a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure only to the extent that a domestic content procurement preference as described in section 104 does not already apply to iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ida3aacfaf-fad8-4abd-97e4-fdfe3b30b032"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this title affects a domestic content procurement preference for a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure that is in effect and that meets the requirements of section 104.</text></subsection></section></title><title id="idEBA08DDA08A94B3FABAAEBEAE0449442" style="OLC" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>II</enum><header>Make it in America</header><section id="H067E0A9BB77C4F52B61FFFF471C68B58"><enum>201.</enum><header>Regulations relating to Buy American Act</header><subsection id="id13f69f8194394f0f972fc700f298d0fc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (<quote>Director</quote>), acting through the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy and, in consultation with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, shall promulgate final regulations or other policy or management guidance, as appropriate, to standardize and simplify how Federal agencies comply with, report on, and enforce the Buy American Act. The regulations or other policy or management guidance shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text><paragraph id="id628e7160fb2a4246a2c5dee88d16b5be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Guidelines for Federal agencies to determine, for the purposes of applying sections 8302(a) and 8303(b)(3) of title 41, United States Code, the circumstances under which the acquisition of articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is inconsistent with the public interest.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c60006c7f2e4dc9bd94be9486ca0079"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Guidelines to ensure Federal agencies base determinations of non-availability on appropriate considerations, including anticipated project delays and lack of substitutable articles, materials, and supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States, when making determinations of non-availability under section 8302(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0E02D66A20A743649B40FA9D8CFC25E3"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC22AD42C91AF47E8B48822C3FD9A2496"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uniform procedures for each Federal agency to make publicly available, in an easily identifiable location on the website of the agency, and within the following time periods, the following information:</text><clause commented="no" id="H08DE3B4C58FD48D9B431F37B06D2934A" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A written description of the circumstances in which the head of the agency may waive the requirements of the Buy American Act.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H3191E0E103F64064A7950095338F0C46" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Each waiver made by the head of the agency within 30 days after making such waiver, including a justification with sufficient detail to explain the basis for the waiver.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" indent="up1" id="idA841942A467D4D9C8EFB834B9920C597"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The procedures established under this paragraph shall ensure that the head of an agency may limit the publication of classified information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H010D14A2F0BA4C0AA68FA425C2C1362F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Guidelines for Federal agencies to ensure that a project is not disaggregated for purposes of avoiding the applicability of the requirements under the Buy American Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id85c14aaec8ca41df9a5fd4e6c7da67f7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An increase to the price preferences for domestic end products and domestic construction materials.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC2E6A08F78A4829973885997CB943DD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Amending the definitions of <quote>domestic end product</quote> and <quote>domestic construction material</quote> to ensure that iron and steel products are, to the greatest extent possible, made with domestic components.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaf0bdd5a8a3e4a4f91e89e1561c9a615"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidelines relating to waivers</header><paragraph id="id26CFC310554D4F38849D7D33241B75F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inconsistency with public interest</header><subparagraph id="id4DF596E8F13B41DEB701E106D466F8FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to the guidelines developed under subsection (a)(1), the Administrator shall seek to minimize waivers related to contract awards that—</text><clause id="idF945B7B8BD2D4DCF88655DC9E2844EBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>result in a decrease in employment in the United States, including employment among entities that manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies; or</text></clause><clause id="id35B5B3DAF1694CFAAB90123B3F314891"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>result in awarding a contract that would decrease domestic employment.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D22CE56D547412AAD2FD964C02C3DDE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered employment</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), employment refers to positions directly involved in the manufacture of articles, materials, or supplies, and does not include positions related to management, research and development, or engineering and design.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id26158310fa3546f5ba4db5b804d7c664"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment on use of dumped or subsidized foreign products</header><subparagraph id="id3EDB5AD72693450CBF21DD6B4F89DD66"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To the extent otherwise permitted by law, before granting a waiver in the public interest to the guidelines developed under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a product sourced from a foreign country, a Federal agency shall assess whether a significant portion of the cost advantage of the product is the result of the use of dumped steel, iron, or manufactured goods or the use of injuriously subsidized steel, iron, or manufactured goods.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E6EE502D74743489FCD4C6E154103F4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Federal agency conducting the assessment under subparagraph (A) shall consult with the International Trade Administration in making the assessment if the agency considers such consultation to be helpful.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7E62C40009342E38B63330DB1E3E1B3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of findings</header><text>The Federal agency conducting the assessment under subparagraph (A) shall integrate any findings from the assessment into its waiver determination. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id407C2CEF343B45E5954B6EA543B09510"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress on increasing domestic content requirements</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council should amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to increase the domestic content requirements for domestic end products and domestic construction material to 75 percent, or, in the event of no qualifying offers, 60 percent.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2FB28FBD8C5B4E368695A7694FF7411C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of end product manufactured in the United States</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide a definition for <quote>end product manufactured in the United States,</quote> including guidelines to ensure that manufacturing processes involved in production of the end product occur domestically. </text></subsection></section><section id="H6B3F2CAA78E04FB4AFF3E20F9923E158"><enum>202.</enum><header>Amendments relating to Buy American Act</header><subsection id="HB67DF586A1C94B888B222D2F2D6D2DA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special rules relating to American materials required for public use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA701771A6DB418A950084F1B1BA8D47" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subsection id="H32F0A5A84D784D22A6B02E611FE296F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following rules apply in carrying out the provisions of subsection (a):</text><paragraph id="H576C3217CB974E2CA6F07A52601C8E57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Iron and steel manufactured in the United States</header><text>For purposes of this section, manufactured articles, materials, and supplies of iron and steel are deemed manufactured in the United States only if all manufacturing processes involved in the production of such iron and steel, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurs in the United States. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7930F245630412396CA22178B1BF98D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on exception for commercially available off-the-shelf items</header><text>Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, including section 1907 of this title and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the requirements of this section apply to all iron and steel articles, materials, and supplies.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4C9E0C9227EC45F0A7D71F6C58ACB60B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Production of iron and steel for purposes of contracts for public works</header><text>Section 8303 of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3BE281360BD645B6982ED6EEE9720E95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD4C3BE3C96EC4C3D998434768611D21F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block id="id931FE8D55DC34ADFAECE386D4D99DFE6" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subsection id="idF4FF428216C9465F8763270DAB697836"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rules</header><paragraph id="idC2EFE5CB0BBC43B89B16862F2BCE1B57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Production of iron and steel</header><text>For purposes of this section, manufactured articles, materials, and supplies of iron and steel are deemed manufactured in the United States only if all manufacturing processes involved in the production of such iron and steel, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurs in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD0028EA06224FBFB50F385850027F66" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on exception for commercially available off-the-shelf items</header><text>Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, including section 1907 of this title and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the requirements of this section apply to all iron and steel articles, materials, and supplies used in contracts described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3F8F0BAA69C944E897AE28B707C1BDED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC33BA2D64D244E12A7E853AC983DA77C" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subsection id="H518B1DC093A244E384E0C043BAE56468"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="H1815C35878324E519A36CF951AA0D713"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the end of the fiscal year during which the Build America, Buy America Act is enacted, and annually thereafter for 4 years, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the total amount of acquisitions made by Federal agencies in the relevant fiscal year of articles, materials, or supplies acquired from entities that mine, produce, or manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies outside the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0CDF1E3F0AD4904B37FCFDBA42ED023"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for intelligence community</header><text>This subsection does not apply to acquisitions made by an agency, or component of an agency, that is an element of the intelligence community as specified in, or designated under, section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H485D40A126AE44CDAABE6BF36F5663B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8301 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16E7183D0DB448C996091B60F58F1D54" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><paragraph commented="no" id="id10E960E4AB0B442CB1DB38B5387E1E45"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Federal agency</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>executive agency</quote> in section 133 of this title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H53F55B373F004FE9818495ACBC1D21CE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB8849A94A62E4AD59271E1084112930B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 8302(a)—</text><subparagraph id="H2D6F0417A02C4DF896135EC8CEE6244C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="HC504C83CC8684AE190F4ED39B2B979AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>department or independent establishment</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H17C34F5CAA16451E94C86B8C20A0BA0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>their acquisition to be inconsistent with the public interest or their cost to be unreasonable</quote> and inserting <quote>their acquisition to be inconsistent with the public interest, their cost to be unreasonable, or that the articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used, or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured, are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47683EB20A86468D8179DC2825D0F15B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82A148E1C73249868D03310171CDB7B9" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subparagraph id="H9559B6F95A0F41ED947468ABBA37A005"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any articles, materials, or supplies procured pursuant to a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding (as described in section 8304 of this title), or a trade agreement or least developed country designation described in subpart 25.400 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H667848BDE2B74BA59E1FD0516845FE20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 8303—</text><subparagraph id="H68294B2A5DF3434F9BA5F26BD4A86765"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="H82AB92ADAD7B4D58B04225C3BC12FD86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>department or independent establishment</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Federal agency</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HB98266B39FE6456482909B7B2D98725A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5663E6548744A75B4B4F7FD4949FC24" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subparagraph id="H6DA9442323E54615B9D6F1F369817EBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any articles, materials, or supplies procured pursuant to a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding (as described in section 8304), or a trade agreement or least developed country designation described in subpart 25.400 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H7BC1E9DC9DEF43BD9DE606F33600EA0F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subclause id="HB87A5D9BE19744C3868DFD59789BE903"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">Inconsistent with public interest</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">Waiver Authority</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HEAC2F49326EE46F7A7161B0FEFA7D2EA"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>their purchase to be inconsistent with the public interest or their cost to be unreasonable</quote> and inserting <quote>their acquisition to be inconsistent with the public interest, their cost to be unreasonable, or that the articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used, or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured, are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0587388A6D30490E9FE2878D186022AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, by striking <quote>department, bureau, agency, or independent establishment</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Federal agency</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD5A4D291D104B508DF04FDEBADE4150"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exclusion from inflation adjustment of acquisition-Related dollar thresholds</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 1908(b)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>chapter 67</quote> and inserting <quote>chapters 67 and 83</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id2364076FCCFD4AFA9B0BD15900986AE6"><enum>203.</enum><header>Made in America Office</header><subsection id="idb9398d9a588c4559b02916c239c9771e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish within the Office of Management and Budget an office to be known as the <quote>Made in America Office</quote>. The head of the office shall be appointed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in this section referred to as the <quote>Made in America Director</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idE2391C7B489E45CF9CF6D77C9D1F8793"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Made in America Director shall have the following duties:</text><paragraph id="id518883EDFF87402586778277FDD81544"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Maximize and enforce compliance with domestic preference statutes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab72fb4e5936450cbf8d5401c8de3ed7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Develop and implement procedures to review waiver requests or inapplicability requests related to domestic preference statutes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id22fc30afa1bd46ae998578eee056483e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Prepare the reports required under subsections (c) and (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f229a36929249f9b12a780f91deae48"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ensure that Federal contracting personnel, financial assistance personnel, and non-Federal recipients are regularly trained on obligations under the Buy American Act and other agency-specific domestic preference statutes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id048f6c41ba4e4646b8615bbf7d648cfe"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Conduct the review of reciprocal defense agreements required under subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id16ce6fc4afd24d73aafc63b03a1272dd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Ensure that Federal agencies, Federal financial assistance recipients, and the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership partner with each other to promote compliance with domestic preference statutes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8f6cbcededc49f882e609a05a6d79dd"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Support executive branch efforts to develop and sustain a domestic supply base to meet Federal procurement requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8B80E2CD3D149349D9E574C712F46D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Office of Management and Budget report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, working through the Made in America Director, shall report to the relevant congressional committees on the extent to which, in each of the three fiscal years prior to the date of enactment of this Act, articles, materials, or supplies acquired by the Federal Government were mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. Such report shall include for each Federal agency the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H586FB4912F804AAC96E9161B86D0D6D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A summary of total procurement funds expended on articles, materials, and supplies mined, produced, or manufactured—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A3027CE908D45ED9C541BAAE221DCE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inside the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF8250081FA14FA59236471083BA3BF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>outside the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5AF9428EF81B4645A48D7AE83527BFA7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>outside the United States—</text><clause commented="no" id="H61DD63DBD7374BE98466E663BE10BBAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>under each category of waiver under the Buy American Act;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H0AF71CEA900D44D4ACCAFA172E6E1F63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>under each category of exception under such chapter; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H48F9FF2BB9474B61802F4E0F353DB526"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for each country that mined, produced, or manufactured such articles, materials, and supplies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id582E738B03D74A5BA16B0548E0C83332"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For each fiscal year covered by the report—</text><subparagraph id="id10AD2BFBA9164F2083B59BD11EC02597"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the dollar value of any articles, materials, or supplies that were mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States, in the aggregate and by country;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB3CF4E9A6CF491CA85131220F0552D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an itemized list of all waivers made under the Buy American Act with respect to articles, materials, or supplies, where available, and the country where such articles, materials, or supplies were mined, produced, or manufactured;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24DBDB4AC87B4DDDBD90C968A173AB58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if any articles, materials, or supplies were acquired from entities that mine, produce, or manufacture such articles, materials, or supplies outside the United States due to an exception (that is not the micro-purchase threshold exception described under section 8302(a)(2)(C) of title 41, United States Code), the specific exception that was used to purchase such articles, materials, or supplies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC5D780F0F2EF41E8A3555B27B77ECC74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if any articles, materials, or supplies were acquired from entities that mine, produce, or manufacture such articles, materials, or supplies outside the United States pursuant to a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding (as described in section 8304 of title 41, United States Code), or a trade agreement or least developed country designation described in subpart 25.400 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a citation to such memorandum of understanding, trade agreement, or designation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF7ADE24B3D040B5806BFA0D6235A16D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the methods used by each Federal agency to calculate the percentage domestic content of articles, materials, and supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id77a9c4c402a041dab371d152b6c0fd78"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Review of reciprocal defense agreements</header><paragraph id="id0d8f3abbcbe4434a908f7216f9daf0ae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of process</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Made in America Director shall review the Department of Defense’s use of reciprocal defense agreements to determine if domestic entities have equal and proportional access and report the findings of the review to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ee139e81f3a445881a18775d6bde899"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of reciprocal procurement memoranda of understanding</header><text>The Made in America Director shall review reciprocal procurement memoranda of understanding entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act between the Department of Defense and its counterparts in foreign governments to assess whether domestic entities will have equal and proportional access under the memoranda of understanding and report the findings of the review to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idee36fecc58e840c6936d435de05bdc69"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report on use of Made in America laws</header><text>The Made in America Director shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a summary of each report on the use of Made in America Laws received by the Made in America Director pursuant to section 11 of Executive Order 14005, dated January 25, 2021 (relating to ensuring the future is made in all of America by all of America’s workers) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or receipt of the reports required under section 11 of such Executive Order, whichever is later.</text></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id3D4AA0FE04914F13BA3E5B1FF98ED3F2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Domestic preference statute defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>domestic preference statute</term> means any of the following:</text><paragraph id="id0fb8608dcc68475dab46587662b0eb98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Buy American Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC8BE19B21D84751A2D0F8E0AFBF46DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a Buy America law (as that term is defined in section 106(a));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7598B410F974A969A3C381B1B02781F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Berry Amendment;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B01C966E86F4743903297DB2E3C0AA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>section 604 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/453b">6 U.S.C. 453b</external-xref>) (commonly referred to as the <quote>Kissell amendment</quote>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F3897B59AA340CAB926E50BC8DE1EA4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>section 2533b of title 10 (commonly referred to as the <quote>specialty metals clause</quote>); </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida361c0827c2247f79612a045054409ab"><enum>(6)</enum><text>laws requiring domestic preference for maritime transport, including the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/66/261">Public Law 66–261</external-xref>), commonly known as the <quote>Jones Act</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id884E79A70C1F42A6AAFB1E1B45BE6CB6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any other law, regulation, rule, or executive order relating to Federal financial assistance awards or Federal procurement, that requires, or provides a preference for, the purchase or acquisition of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States, including iron, steel, construction material, and manufactured goods offered in the United States. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idCBAC050945654FCA8AB8FEBDB395ADF5"><enum>204.</enum><header>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership activities</header><subsection id="idaf7ed01fccaf4ed1ab17864869462a50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of hollings manufacturing extension partnership to refer new businesses to contracting opportunities</header><text>The head of each Federal agency shall work with the Director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, as necessary, to ensure businesses participating in this Partnership are aware of their contracting opportunities.</text></subsection><subsection id="idae9f00e47c894bc193c465fa08da005e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Automatic enrollment in GSA Advantage!</header><text>The Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, shall jointly ensure that each business that participates in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership is automatically enrolled in General Services Administration Advantage!.</text></subsection></section><section id="HCBD20EE9B44A48FB81CC02C3B1DE8880"><enum>205.</enum><header>United States obligations under international agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</text></section><section commented="no" id="H2631F68BB9344195BE4E1CCD2547465B"><enum>206.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id5B45121C58E34BD586FC23B7CFC93AC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Berry Amendment</header><text>The term <term>Berry Amendment</term> means section 2533a of title 10, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDB6412CD2AE64A8AACD2878087E612DE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Buy American Act</header><text>The term <term>Buy American Act</term> means <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/41/83">chapter 83</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2F060B687EBE42258836A7FF1BA3C706"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Federal agency</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>executive agency</quote> in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1cff6873869f48b28499b1f660c94b33"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Relevant congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>relevant congressional committees</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id719B8382FDF44F41BBB83A85BAEED159"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05C2C7A6E519467E99477F2BE169EF61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Oversight and Reform, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H70EDCBA8AD3342D2927C17E700906298"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The term <quote>waiver</quote>, with respect to the acquisition of an article, material, or supply for public use, means the inapplicability of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/41/83">chapter 83</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, to the acquisition by reason of any of the following determinations under section 8302(a)(1) or 8303(b) of such title:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC8EC30903EC84DC49E584B64CBA2584E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A determination by the head of the Federal agency concerned that the acquisition is inconsistent with the public interest.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0680A7718AD3493DAA76B5C3F22FC902"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A determination by the head of the Federal agency concerned that the cost of the acquisition is unreasonable.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA061B9494D4F439B83BA1C27B44AE220" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A determination by the head of the Federal agency concerned that the article, material, or supply is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id252D9558F61249DA8CFF31B47070CECA"><enum>207.</enum><header>Prospective amendments to internal cross-references</header><subsection id="id50B871BD8A564A03BBEFBD8CD46961A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specialty metals clause reference</header><text>Section 203(f)(5) is amended by striking <quote>section 2533b</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4863</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id30AF3573A938485B9FDEA9FF16E0BE49"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Berry Amendment reference</header><text>Section 206(1) is amended by striking <quote>section 2533a</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4862</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id752BD14CB7CA4F0F9E55BDCB9B3C1A5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2022. </text></subsection></section></title></legis-body><endorsement><action-date date="20221219">December 19, 2022</action-date><action-desc>Reported with an amendment</action-desc></endorsement></bill> |
