Title: Keep Buying American Act of 2019
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Keep Buying American Act of 2019
This bill requires agencies to publish and submit to Congress specified reports regarding government preferences for using domestic materials.
The bill applies to reports under Executive Order 13788, entitled Buy American and Hire American, which are currently submitted to the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget, and reports under Executive Order 13858, entitled Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects, which are currently submitted to the President or the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Previously submitted reports under Buy American and Hire American must also be published.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 405 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 405

    To require publication of the annual reports required under the 
Presidential Orders on Buy American and Hire American and Strengthening 
         Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2019

Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. 
   Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require publication of the annual reports required under the 
Presidential Orders on Buy American and Hire American and Strengthening 
         Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Buying American Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON BUY AMERICAN AND HIRE AMERICAN 
              COMPLIANCE.

    (a) In General.--The head of each agency required to submit reports 
under Executive Order 13788, entitled ``Buy American and Hire 
American'', (or any successor order) shall make each report available 
to the public, and submit each report to Congress, at the same time the 
head of the agency submits the report to the Secretary of Commerce and 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    (b) Publication of Previous Reports.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency that was 
previously required to submit a report under Executive Order 13788 
shall make each such report available to the public, and submit each 
such report to Congress.

SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE 
              THE USE OF BUY AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.

    The head of each agency required to submit a report under Executive 
Order 13858, entitled ``Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for 
Infrastructure Projects'', (or any successor order) shall make the 
report available to the public, and submit the report to Congress, at 
the same time the head of the agency submits the report to the 
President or the Assistant to the President for Trade and Manufacturing 
Policy.
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