H.R. 7955 · 116th Congress
21st Century Buy American Act
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This bill establishes additional criteria that must be met before federal agencies may grant exceptions or waivers to Buy American requirements.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Aug 7, 2020
21st Century Buy American Act
This bill establishes additional criteria that must be met before federal agencies may grant exceptions or waivers to Buy American requirements. The bill also (1) requires the General Services Administration to establish a public website with details regarding waivers and exceptions that have been requested, are under consideration, or have been granted by agencies; (2) increases the domestic content percentage requirement to 60%; and (3) authorizes the Department of Defense to establish a program to make or guarantee loans to certain domestic manufacturers.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: 21st Century Buy American Act
Latest action (Aug 10, 2020): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Aug 7, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.