S.Amdt. 696

SA 696. Mr. SARBANES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 605 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, to
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title I, insert the following:

SEC. 1830. ANNUAL REPORT ON ACQUISITIONS OF ARTICLES,
MATERIALS, AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURED OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES.

Section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the
following:
``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Reports.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the end of
each fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall
submit to Congress a report on the acquisitions that were
made of articles, materials, or supplies by the agency in
that fiscal year from entities that manufacture the articles,
materials, or supplies outside the United States.
``(2) Content of report.--The report for a fiscal year
under paragraph (1) shall separately indicate the following
information:
``(A) The dollar value of any articles, materials, or
supplies that were manufactured outside the United States.
``(B) An itemized list of all waivers granted with respect
to such articles, materials, or supplies under this Act.
``(C) A summary of--
``(i) the total procurement funds expended on articles,
materials, and supplies manufactured inside the United
States; and
``(ii) the total procurement funds expended on articles,
materials, and supplies manufactured outside the United
States.
``(3) Public availability.--The head of each Federal agency
submitting a report under paragraph (1) shall make the report
publicly available by posting on an Internet website.''.
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