S. 405: Keep Buying American Act of 2019
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S. 405: Keep Buying American Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-07 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Keep Buying American Act of 2019
Plain summary
Keep Buying American Act of 2019 This bill requires agencies to publish and submit to Congress specified reports regarding government preferences for using domestic materials. The bill applies to reports under Executive Order 13788, entitled Buy American and Hire American , which are currently submitted to the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget, and reports under Executive Order 13858, entitled Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects , which are currently submitted to the President or the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Previously submitted reports under Buy American and Hire American must also be published.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Keep Buying American Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 4 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s405.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s405 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116