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HR 1193 118th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

Domestic Preferences for Building America Act

Introduced: February 24, 2023 Introduced by: Nehls, Troy E. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
Feb 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Feb 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 24, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 24, 2023
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.
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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 March 3, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Garamendi, John
California · Feb 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1193: Domestic Preferences for Building America Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1193/
MLA
"H.R. 1193: Domestic Preferences for Building America Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1193/.
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H.R. 1193, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1193/.
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[H.R. 1193: Domestic Preferences for Building America Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1193/)
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