Lawmakers Urge Readoption of 'Buy America' Provisions Stripped From Compromise WRDA
Twenty-five senators wrote a letter to leadership of both parties in the Senate and House urging lawmakers to readopt "Buy America" provisions previously in the Water Resources Development Act passed by the Senate in September (see 1609150071), Sens. Rob Portman,…
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R-Ohio, and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said (here). Lawmakers stripped provisions requiring the use of U.S. iron and steel for U.S. water infrastructure projects from the compromise version of the Water Resources Development Act, after the House passed a different version later that month (see 1609300049). The Senate bill, S. 2848 (here), would obligate purchases through the federal-state Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to procure iron and steel made in the U.S. for water infrastructure projects. “Without domestic content requirements, foreign companies will reap the advantages of U.S. taxpayer spending at the expense of taxpaying U.S. iron and steel producers and workers across the country,” the letter says. “An opportunity to support and grow U.S. manufacturers will be squandered.”