House Democrats proposed a transportation bill on Thursday that tightens ‘Buy American’ provisions on materials used in infrastructure projects, countering a Republican plan to tie expanded energy production to transport funding.

Under the proposal, the requirement for U.S.-sourced construction materials would be expanded from 60 percent to 100 percent by fiscal 2016. The bill allows exemptions to the Buy American provisions if there is an insufficient supply of the needed materials or using U.S. materials would increase the cost of the project bymore than 25 percent.

Source: The Journal of Commerce

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