A resolution affirming the benefits of "Buying American".

Bill: 116-sres-625
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-06-17
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Manufacturing

Materials

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7899)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution declares that it is U.S. policy to <i>Buy American</i>, expresses the Senate's support for American manufacturing, and encourages Americans to buy American products and materials to the greatest extent possible.</p>

action_date: 2020-12-21
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution declares that it is U.S. policy to <i>Buy American</i>, and it expresses the Senate's support for American manufacturing.</p>

tv_txt: 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 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

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.

tv_txt: 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.