21st Century Buy American Act
Latest action · May 21, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
21st Century Buy American Act
This bill modifies domestic product preferences for federal acquisitions. The bill also allows the Department of Defense to make or guarantee loans to manufacturers under the Defense Production Act for specified uses, such as to increase the capacity to produce items that are vital to national security.
The bill requires more than 60% of a product's cost to be from domestic components for the product to qualify as American for purposes of the Buy American Act.
The bill narrows the circumstances under which the overseas use exception and the public interest exception to domestic content requirements may be made.
The General Services Administration must update BuyAmerican.gov to include and make available to the public (1) information on all waivers and exceptions to domestic product preference laws requested, under consideration, or granted; and (2) publicly available contact information for the contracting agencies.
No requested waiver of a domestic product preference law may be granted if (1) the request was not made available to the public, (2) the information available to the agency concerning the request was not made available to the public, or (3) no opportunity for public comment concerning the request was granted.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 20, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | May 20, 2021 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred May 21, 2021 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred May 21, 2021 | |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred May 21, 2021 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 21, 2021 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- May 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- May 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
- May 20, 2021Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 88, May 20, 2021, page H2652.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1726 | 21st Century Buy American Act | Related bill | May 20, 2021 |
| HR 7955 | 21st Century Buy American Act | Reintroduction of | Aug 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popularly referred to as the Buy American Act), and certain other laws with respect to certain waivers under those laws, to provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- 21st Century Buy American Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Buy American requirements
- Congressional oversight
- Digital media
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Infrastructure development
- Manufacturing
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Transportation costs
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
