S. 181: A bill to ensure that certain Federal public works and infrastructure projects use materials produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-20 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to ensure that certain Federal public works and infrastructure projects use materials produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publish a report that identifies all federal assistance programs for public works and infrastructure administered by the federal government. For each such program, GAO shall: (1) identify whether a domestic content preference requirement applies and, if so, provide preference details; and (2) describe the type of infrastructure projects receiving funding, the number of entities that are participating, and the amount of federal funds that are made available for each fiscal year. No funds or credit assistance made available under any such program for which a domestic content preference requirement does not apply may be used for a project commencing after the GAO issues such report for the construction, alteration, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, conversion, or extension of infrastructure or the acquisition of related equipment and vehicles unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured goods, and commodity construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States. Such prohibition shall not apply if the agency involved finds that: applying it would be inconsistent with the public interest; iron, steel, the relevant manufactured goods, and the relevant commodity construction materials are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or inclusion of such U.S.-produced materials will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.

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Official text

A bill to ensure that certain Federal public works and infrastructure projects use materials produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · 1 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s181.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s181 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115