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118th Congress Government Operations and Politics

H.R. 1193: Domestic Preferences for Building America Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 24, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Feb 24, 2023

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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

1

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Troy Nehls R-TX SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Feb 24, 2023Introduced in the House by Troy Nehls.
Show the full action history (5 actions)
  1. Mar 3, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
  2. Feb 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  3. Feb 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  4. Feb 24, 2023Introduced in House
  5. Feb 24, 2023Referred 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.