Domestic Preferences for Building America Act
Latest action · Dec 13, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Domestic Preferences for Building America Act
This bill prioritizes U.S. contractors with respect to certain federally funded infrastructure projects.
Specifically, amounts made available through a program for federal financial assistance may be obligated for an infrastructure project with a value of $100 million or more only if the recipient of such amounts certifies that, in obligating the amounts
- subject to the occurrence of adequate competition, the recipient shall award contracts only to U.S. persons and qualified U.S. joint ventures; and
- the recipient shall not award contracts to an entity that is owned or controlled by a corporation based in a country that has been identified as a nonmarket economy country, was included by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on the priority watch list, and is subject to certain monitoring by the USTR.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 12, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Dec 12, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Dec 13, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Dec 12, 2022Introduced in House
- Dec 12, 2022Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2022Introduced in House
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