The Buy American Act (originally 41 U.S.C. §§ 10a – 10d , now 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301 – 8305 ) passed in 1933 by the Congress and signed by President Hoover on his last full day in office (March 3, 1933), required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases. Other pieces of federal legislation extend similar requirements to third-party purchases that utilize federal funds, such as highway and transit programs. In July 2024, the Congress passed the All-American Flag Act requiring U.S. government to buy only U.S.-made American flags, 41 U.S.C. § 6310 .
7-494: The Buy American Act is not to be confused with the very similarly named " Buy America Act " that came into effect 50 years later. The latter, a provision of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, is 49 U.S.C. , § 5323 (j), and applies only to mass-transit-related procurements valued over US$ 100,000 and funded at least in part by federal grants. In certain government procurements,
14-579: The Buy America Act ) is a section of the larger STAA that deals with purchases related to rail or road transportation. Unlike the similarly titled Buy American Act (1933), the Buy America Act applies only to purchases related to rail or road transportation, such as the construction of highways, railways, or rapid transit systems. The 1982 provisions also apply to purchases made by third-party agencies, using funds granted by agencies within
21-667: The USMCA ) as well as the World Trade Organization 's Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), are often eligible to be considered equivalent to US manufacturers, though NAFTA excluded highway and transit grants from its coverage, and while the GPA agreement obliges the governments of 37 US states to treat Canadian products as equivalent to US products, the GPA also excludes highway and transit grants that are Federally funded. The Buy America rules are occasionally amended by
28-577: The United States Department of Transportation. Transportation infrastructure projects built with iron, steel, and manufactured products must purchase materials in the United States. This applies to mass-transit related procurements valued over $ 150,000 and funded at least in part by federal grants. This includes highways, bridges, airports and tunnels. Canadian manufacturers, as joint signatories to NAFTA (and its successor,
35-500: The government procurement of certain U.S. agencies for goods from the other parties to those agreements. However, the Buy American Act was excluded from the GPA's coverage. This United States federal legislation article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buy America Act Section 165 ( 49 U.S.C. § 5323(j) ) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (commonly called
42-594: The requirement purchase may be waived by the Contracting Officer or the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) if the domestic product is 25% or more expensive than an identical foreign-sourced product, if the product is not available domestically in sufficient quantity or quality, or if doing so is in the public's interest. The President has the authority to waive the Buy American Act within
49-420: The terms of a reciprocal agreement or otherwise in response to the provision of reciprocal treatment to U.S. producers. Under the 1979 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Government Procurement Code, the U.S.–Israel Free Trade Agreement , the U.S.–Canada Free Trade Agreement , and the World Trade Organization (WTO) 1996 Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), the United States provides access to
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