US Congress House Bill 7955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

21st Century Buy American Act 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.

21st Century Buy American Act

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2020-08-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2020-08-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2020-08-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2020-08-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2020-08-07	House	Referred 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.
2020-08-07	House	Referred 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.
2020-08-07	House	Referred 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.
2020-08-07	House	Introduced in House

SB4418 (Same As) 2020-08-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7955/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7955/BILLS-116hr7955ih.pdf