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Joe Biden's 'Buy American' rules undercut by infrastructure bill loopholes

Joe Biden's 'Buy American' rules undercut by infrastructure bill loopholes

Joe Biden's 'Buy American' rules undercut by infrastructure bill loopholes
Aug 02, 2021 51 secs

Biden’s bill proposes the largest-ever federal investment in infrastructure, focusing mainly on upgrading the nation’s roads and bridges.

As such, the bill requires federal agencies to prohibit new funding for infrastructure “unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States.”.

The bill, however, also includes a massive carveout allowing federal agency heads to waive that mandate.

For years such waivers have allowed the government and federal contractors to skirt “buy American” provisions mandated by law.

During his tenure in the White House, former President Trump attempted to tighten such loopholes via executive order.

That agenda was anchored around a $400 billion “Buy American” federal procurement program, on top of a $300 billion investment in domestic research and development programs

Currently, the federal government allows agencies to skirt the requirements provided that at least 55% of an item’s “component parts” are manufactured in the U.S

Republicans, though, say the White House is not serious about the issue, as evidenced by its infrastructure bill

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