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The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that President Biden signed on November 15, expands the provisions supporting American manufacturing through federal...
This alert takes a more detailed look at these publications and discusses select policy changes, initiatives and goals set forth by the Administration and their potential impact.
National Defense Authorization Act On January 1, 2021, the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2021 became law ( Public Law 116-283), marking the 60th straight year of the NDAA’s passage into law. The President vetoed the bill on December 23, 2020 as was widely expected. The President had long threatened to veto the bill if it did not include a repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which prevents social media websites from being held liable for users’ comments. On December 28, 2020, the House voted 322-87 to override the Presiden...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 25, President Biden signed an Executive Order that contemplates increasing the domestic content thresholds and price preferences for domestic goods under the Buy American Act ("BAA," 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305). 1 The Order follows the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council's issuance of a final rule on January 19 (the Trump administration's last full day in office) that increased the domestic content thresholds and price preferences under the BAA pursuant to a July 2019 Executive Order issued by President Trump. 2 Pres...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: President Joe Biden issued on January 25 an Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers (EO). This EO leaves in place key portions of the prior administration’s July 15, 2019 EO 13881 (Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials) and related implementing regulations, orders a sweeping review of multiple domestic preference rules, including proposing standards for domestic products, and establishes a central Office of Management and Budget (OMB) authority to approv...