HR 2755 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Buy America 2.0 Act

Introduced May 15, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Brendan F. Boyle D-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 16, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 15, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Buy America 2.0 Act

This bill prohibits federal funding of a transportation or infrastructure project unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used for the project are produced in the United States, except where (1) inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.

The bill revises and expands Buy America provisions pertaining to public transportation, rail loan and loan guarantees, and aviation.

The bill permanently extends the prohibition on the use of funds for a public water system project that does not use iron and steel products produced in the United States.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2019 to Jun 4, 2019, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-IAAbby FinkenauerOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-PAConor LambOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalMay 15, 2019
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalMay 15, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanJun 4, 2019

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  2. May 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
  3. May 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  4. May 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  5. May 15, 2019Introduced in House
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 15, 2019Introduced in House

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