US Congress House Bill 2755 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Pending: House Environment and Climate Change Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits federal funding of a transportation or infrastructure project unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used for the project are produced in the United States, except where (1) inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%. The bill revises and expands Buy America provisions pertaining to public transportation, rail loan and loan guarantees, and aviation. The bill permanently extends the prohibition on the use of funds for a public water system project that does not use iron and steel products produced in the United States.

Buy America 2.0 Act

Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
2019-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2019-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2019-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2019-05-15	House	Referred 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.
2019-05-15	House	Referred 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.
2019-05-15	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2755/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2755/BILLS-116hr2755ih.pdf