Build America, Buy America Act
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Gain an understanding of the changes and proposed changes to the Federal Government's domestic preference policies.In this course, you will learn about the Build America, Buy America provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including the expanded applicability of Buy America to federally-assisted infrastructure projects, the goal of reducing waivers, and increased public visibility into the waiver process. You will also learn about recently proposed regulations to implement Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers. The proposed regulations would increase the domestic content threshold, increase the price preferences to be applied to foreign products, and increase reporting requirements.
Authors
Lori Ann Lange, Peckar & Abramson, P.C.Agenda
Build America, Buy America Provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Applicability
• Increased Product Coverage
• Produced in the United States
• Made in America Office
• Waivers
- Bases of Waiver
- Increased Transparency
Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers
• Review of Existing Buy American Regulations
• Proposed Changes
- Value-Added Test
- Increase in Domestic Content
- Increase in Price Preference
Recently Proposed Buy American Regulations
• Proposed Amendments to the FAR Buy American Act Requirements
• Proposed Amendments to DFARS on Maximizing the Use of American-Made Goods