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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 625 

Encouraging the Government and the people of the United States to ‘‘Buy 

American’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2020 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. SMITH, Mr. PETERS, 

Ms. STABENOW, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

REED, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

RESOLUTION 

Encouraging the Government and the people of the United 

States to ‘‘Buy American’’. 

Whereas, on July 15, 2019, President Donald J. Trump 

signed Executive Order 13881 titled ‘‘Maximizing Use of 

American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials’’ (84 

Fed. Reg. 34257), which would enforce the Buy American Act of 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) to the greatest 

extent permitted by law; 

Whereas American-made products are developed under strict 

regulations and undergo testing to ensure their compliance with the highest safety standards; 


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Whereas American-made products are produced by workers 

under a regulatory framework that supports fair wages 

and safe working conditions; 

Whereas purchasing American-made products not only bolsters American manufacturing, it also supports communities and families throughout the United States; 

Whereas, according to the Manufacturing Institute, each dollar spent in sales of manufactured products supports 

$1.33 in output from other sectors of the economy; 

Whereas, according to a 2019 report by the Economic Policy 

Institute titled ‘‘Updated employment multipliers for the 

U.S. economy’’, every direct durable manufacturing job 

supports more than 7 indirect jobs in other areas of the 

economy, and every direct nondurable manufacturing job 

supports more than 5 indirect jobs in the economy; 

Whereas, according to a 2017 poll conducted by Reuters and 

Ipsos, when buying products, nearly 70 percent of Americans find it important that the products they buy were 

made in the United States; 

Whereas strengthening American manufacturing improves 

both the quantity and the quality of employment in the 

United States, produces innovation and the seeds for future industries, and supports the global competitiveness 

of the United States; 

Whereas a strong American manufacturing base is essential 

to both a healthy economy and to revitalizing the United 

States economy as it recovers from the global COVID– 

19 pandemic; 

Whereas a strong domestic supply chain is critical to national 

security and public safety; 


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Whereas the global COVID–19 pandemic presented significant challenges for the globally interconnected supply 

chain of medical products and has heightened the need 

for supply chain security of a variety of critical materials 

and products; 

Whereas the United States should strengthen and diversify 

the security of critical supply chains by prioritizing 

American manufacturing and production, and when necessary work closely with trusted allied nations to ensure 

global cooperation in times of need; and 

Whereas, regarding the manufacturing of critical medical 

supplies and products essential to national security, the 

United States must decrease its dependence on foreign 

nations and boost domestic manufacturing to increase the 

national stock piles to ensure the United States has a 

healthy domestic industrial base that can handle any future surge in need for these supplies: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) it is the policy of the United States to ‘‘Buy 

3 American’’; 

4 (2) the Senate supports American manufac5 turing and strengthening our American manufac6 turing base; and 

7 (3) the Senate encourages Americans to ‘‘Buy 

8 American’’ products and materials to the greatest 

9 extent possible. 

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