US Congress Senate Bill 4418 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs 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

Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB7955 (Same As) 2020-08-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4418/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4418/BILLS-116s4418is.pdf