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S.Amdt. 279Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)2nd degree

To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.

Sponsored by John McCainSen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Submitted February 4, 2009

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Senate amendment submitted

February 4, 2009

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 279 proposed by Senator McCain to Amendment SA 98.(consideration: CR S1494-1498, S1528-1530; text: CR S1494)

February 4, 2009

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 279 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31 - 65. Record Vote Number: 44.

February 4, 2009

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 279 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31 - 65. Record Vote Number: 44.

February 4, 2009

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Amendment SA 279 proposed by Senator McCain to Amendment SA 98. (consideration: CR S1494-1498, S1528-1530; text: CR S1494) To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.

February 4, 2009

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Amendment SA 279 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31 - 65. Record Vote Number: 44.

February 4, 2009

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1 roll call on this amendment

SENATE

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February 4, 2009 at 8:27 PM

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 279 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

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31 - 65

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Proposed · Feb 4, 2009Submitted · Feb 4, 2009
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SA 279. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Shelby) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.

[[Page S1583]]

Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 429, strike line 6 and all that follows through
page 430, line 12, and insert the following:
Sec. 1604. (a) Inapplicability of Buy American
Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the utilization of funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall not be subject to any Buy
American requirement in a provision of this Act.
(b) Buy American Requirement Defined.--In this section, the
term ``Buy American requirement'' means a requirement in a
provision of this Act that an item may be procured only if
the item is grown, processed, reused, or produced in the
United States.
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