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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2755 
To standardize and extend certain Buy America provisions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2019 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
KILDEE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAMB, Mr. SOTO, Ms. FINKENAUER, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was 
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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To standardize and extend certain Buy America provisions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Buy America 2.0 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC-
TURED GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to carry out 
a transportation or infrastructure project using Federal 
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funds may not be obligated for a project unless the steel, 
iron, and manufactured goods used for the project are pro-
duced in the United States. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in 
any case or category of cases in which the head of the 
Federal department or agency overseeing a project finds 
that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured 
goods are not produced in the United States in suffi-
cient and reasonably available quantities and of a 
satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured 
goods produced in the United States will increase 
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
(c) WAIVER.—If the head of a Federal department 
or agency receives a request for a waiver under this sec-
tion, the head of such department or agency shall make 
available to the public a copy of the request and informa-
tion available to the head of such department or agency 
concerning the request, and shall allow for public input 
on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a find-
ing based on the request. The head of such department 
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or agency shall make the request and accompanying infor-
mation available by electronic means, including on the offi-
cial public internet site of such department or agency. 
(d) APPLICATION.—This section shall be applied in 
a manner consistent with United States obligations under 
international agreements. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this section shall 
supercede or preempt any existing Buy America provision 
to the extent such provision conflicts with this section. 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUY AMERICA PROVI-
SIONS. 
Section 5323(j)(2)(C)(i) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause 
II; 
(2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and each fis-
cal year thereafter, is more than 70 percent of the 
cost of all components of the rolling stock; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘is more than 70 percent of the cost of all 
components of the rolling stock;’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subclause (III) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2021 is 
more than 75 percent of the cost of 
all components of the rolling stock; 
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‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2022 is more 
than 80 percent of the cost of all com-
ponents of the rolling stock; 
‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 2023 is 
more than 85 percent of the cost of 
all components of the rolling stock; 
‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2024 is 
more than 90 percent of the cost of 
all components of the rolling stock; 
‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2025 is 
more than 95 percent of the cost of 
all components of the rolling stock; 
and 
‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2026 and 
each fiscal year thereafter is 100 per-
cent of the cost of all components of 
the rolling stock; and’’. 
SEC. 4. RAIL LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE BUY AMERICA 
PROVISIONS. 
Section 502(h)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(h)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the requirements of section 24405(a) of 
title 49, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 5. AVIATION BUY AMERICA PROVISIONS. 
Section 50101 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘, iron,’’ after 
‘‘steel’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, iron,’’ 
after ‘‘steel’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the cost of components and sub-
components produced in the United States— 
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2020 is more than 
65 percent of the cost of all components of 
the facility or equipment; 
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2021 is more than 
70 percent of the cost of all components of 
the facility or equipment; 
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‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2022 is more 
than 75 percent of the cost of all compo-
nents of the facility or equipment; 
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2023 is more than 
80 percent of the cost of all components of 
the facility or equipment; 
‘‘(v) for fiscal year 2024 is more than 
85 percent of the cost of all components of 
the facility or equipment; 
‘‘(vi) for fiscal year 2025 is more than 
90 percent of the cost of all components of 
the facility or equipment; 
‘‘(vii) for fiscal year 2026 is more 
than 95 percent of the cost of all compo-
nents of the facility or equipment; and 
‘‘(viii) for fiscal year 2027, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, is 100 percent of the 
cost of all components of the facility or 
equipment; and’’. 
SEC. 6. SAFE DRINKING WATER BUY AMERICA PROVISION. 
Section 1452(a)(4)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Dur-
ing fiscal years 2019 through 2023, funds’’ and inserting 
‘‘Funds’’. 
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