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HR 9495 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

Domestic Preferences for Building America Act

Introduced: December 12, 2022 Introduced by: Nehls, Troy E. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Dec 13, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Dec 13, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Dec 12, 2022
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.
Dec 12, 2022
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
What's happening now December 13, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

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