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A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to increase the requirement for American-made content, to strengthen the waiver provisions, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-908| Senate 
| Updated: 4/7/2017
Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Democratic Senator

Michigan

Cosponsors (2)
Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Make It in America Act This bill directs the Office for Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to promulgate specified regulations to standardize and simplify how federal agencies comply with, report on, and enforce the Buy American Act, including rules to ensure that a project is not disaggregated for purposes of avoiding the applicability of such requirements. The bill: (1) directs the OFPP to issue rules to evaluate domestic content in a "manufactured end product," (2) requires domestic component costs to exceed 75% before manufactured materials are considered manufactured "substantially all" from U.S. materials, (3) excludes contract start-up costs from a domestic offer in comparisons of offers between domestic and nondomestic entities, (4) prohibits agencies from determining that the acquisition costs of U.S. materials is unreasonable unless it would increase overall acquisition cost by more than 25%, and (5) applies Buy American requirements to materials for use outside the United States that are not needed on an urgent basis or that are acquired on a regular basis. An agency may not determine that sufficient material is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States unless: (1) domestic production cannot be initiated without significantly delaying the project; and (2) sufficient substitutable material is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. The bill: (1) revises reporting requirements regarding total federal agency acquisitions of materials acquired from entities that mine, produce, or manufacture them outside the United States; and (2) requires the U.S. International Trade Commission to submit an industry analysis of the capabilities of the domestic information technology and semiconductor industry to supply the federal government with domestically manufactured information technology systems.
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Timeline
Feb 24, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-904
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Apr 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Apr 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • February 24, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-904
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.


  • April 7, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 7, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • HR 115-904: To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to increase the requirement for American-made content, to strengthen the waiver provisions, and for other purposes.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBuy American requirementsCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsManufacturingOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Public contracts and procurement

A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to increase the requirement for American-made content, to strengthen the waiver provisions, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-908| Senate 
| Updated: 4/7/2017
Make It in America Act This bill directs the Office for Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to promulgate specified regulations to standardize and simplify how federal agencies comply with, report on, and enforce the Buy American Act, including rules to ensure that a project is not disaggregated for purposes of avoiding the applicability of such requirements. The bill: (1) directs the OFPP to issue rules to evaluate domestic content in a "manufactured end product," (2) requires domestic component costs to exceed 75% before manufactured materials are considered manufactured "substantially all" from U.S. materials, (3) excludes contract start-up costs from a domestic offer in comparisons of offers between domestic and nondomestic entities, (4) prohibits agencies from determining that the acquisition costs of U.S. materials is unreasonable unless it would increase overall acquisition cost by more than 25%, and (5) applies Buy American requirements to materials for use outside the United States that are not needed on an urgent basis or that are acquired on a regular basis. An agency may not determine that sufficient material is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States unless: (1) domestic production cannot be initiated without significantly delaying the project; and (2) sufficient substitutable material is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. The bill: (1) revises reporting requirements regarding total federal agency acquisitions of materials acquired from entities that mine, produce, or manufacture them outside the United States; and (2) requires the U.S. International Trade Commission to submit an industry analysis of the capabilities of the domestic information technology and semiconductor industry to supply the federal government with domestically manufactured information technology systems.
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Timeline
Feb 24, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-904
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Apr 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Apr 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • February 24, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-904
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.


  • April 7, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 7, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Democratic Senator

Michigan

Cosponsors (2)
Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • HR 115-904: To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to increase the requirement for American-made content, to strengthen the waiver provisions, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBuy American requirementsCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsManufacturingOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Public contracts and procurement