III 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 625 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 December 21, 2020 Committee discharged; considered, amended, and agreed to with an amended preamble and an amendment to the title RESOLUTION Affirming the benefits of Buying 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, the Buy American Act of 1933 requires Federal agencies to procure materials and products domestically— (1) when the materials are intended for public use within the United States; and (2) when the materials to be procured (or the materials from which they are manufactured) are present in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality; Whereas American-made products are developed under United States' regulations and undergo testing to ensure their compliance with United States' safety standards, which are among the highest standards in the world; Whereas American-made products are produced by workers earning competitive wages and working in safe working conditions; Whereas purchasing American-made products supports the producers of those products and their communities; 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 the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation Foundation, for every full-time job in manufacturing, there are 3.4 full-time equivalent jobs created in non-manufacturing industries; 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 supports 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 an important component in helping to revitalize the United States economy as it recovers from the global COVID–19 pandemic; Whereas a strong domestic supply chain for certain goods and close cooperation with trusted allies can support 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; and Whereas, regarding the manufacturing of critical medical supplies and products essential to national security, national stockpiles and a healthy domestic industrial base would help handle any future surge in need for these supplies: Now, therefore, be it

That— (1) it is the policy of the United States Government to Buy American products for public use when fiscally and reasonably possible, in accordance with the Buy American Act of 1933 ( 41 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.); and (2) the Senate supports American manufacturing and strengthening our American manufacturing base.