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HOUSE 1193118th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.

Domestic Preferences for Building America Act

Last Action
3/3/2023

Actions

  • 2023-03-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
  • 2023-02-27Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  • 2023-02-27Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  • 2023-02-24Referred 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.
  • 2023-02-24Referred 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.
  • 2023-02-24Introduced in House
  • 2023-02-24Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-02-24 (00)

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)

  • John Garamendi (D-CA)
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