Title: A resolution affirming the benefits of "Buying American".
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
This resolution declares that it is U.S. policy to Buy American, expresses the Senate's support for American manufacturing, and encourages Americans to buy American products and materials to the greatest extent possible.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 625 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 625

Encouraging the Government and the people of the United States to ``Buy 
                              American''.


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                   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

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                               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;
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;
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
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the policy of the United States to ``Buy 
        American'';
            (2) the Senate supports American manufacturing and 
        strengthening our American manufacturing base; and
            (3) the Senate encourages Americans to ``Buy American'' 
        products and materials to the greatest extent possible.
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