To prohibit the negotiation of trade agreements that include waivers of the "Buy American Act".

Bill: 113-hr-5870
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Public contracts and procurement

Trade agreements and negotiations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-12-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for FY2015 or any ensuing fiscal year for negotiating a trade agreement that includes a waiver of Buy American Act requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5870 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2014 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit the negotiation of trade agreements that include waivers of the Buy American Act .

1. Prohibition on negotiating trade agreements containing waivers of the Buy American Act No funds appropriated for fiscal year 2015 or any year thereafter may be used to negotiate an agreement that includes a waiver of the Buy American Act ( 41 U.S.C. 8301 et seq. ).