Following up on an announcement from President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address, the Office of Management and Budget has issued a new proposed guidance on implementing Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provisions broadening the scope of Buy America requirements on federally funded infrastructure projects. The new guidance could lead to more types of construction materials to be covered by Buy America requirements.
In his Feb. 7 speech, Biden said, "Buy American has been the law since 1933. But for too long, past administration–Democrat and Republican–have fought to get around it. Not anymore."