Biden Administration Proposes Significant Increases to Buy American Domestic Content Requirements – Takeaways for Contractors and Subcontractors
The domestic content threshold for end products and construction materials to qualify as U.S.-made would increase from 55 to 75 percent over a seven-year period. Further, contractors would have to…
New infrastructure bill carves out major exemption to buy American mandate
“The head of a Federal agency that applies a domestic content procurement preference under this section may waive the application of that preference in any case in which the head…
What’s in Senate infrastructure bill for Michigan, Great Lakes, EVs
After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the text of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package brokered between President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators was released Sunday night. …
Why US-based semiconductor chip manufacturing is critical
Part of the problem is that, in practical terms, only about 12% of the world’s semiconductor chips are currently made in the U.S., down from 37% in 1990, and the…
FTC to Penalize Companies Who Falsely Label Their Products as Made in the USA
After years of casting aside rulemaking in favor of letting the market do its work, the Federal Trade Commission said that it will now penalize companies as much as $43,280…
St. Luke’s commits to purchasing American-made nitrile exam gloves
St. Luke’s University Health Network announced on Thursday a new collaboration with Premier Inc. and Honeywell, to expand U.S. production of nitrile exam gloves. Read the article here.
Community fights to save Miken Sports
Easton Diamond Sports has an 18 year deal with a manufacturer in China that makes non-wooden and metal bats. The decision was made to streamline the supply chain so everything…
House Hearing on Clean Energy: Solar, EV Batteries Need to be Made Here
ReVision, which is not a manufacturer, and surely installs more Chinese-made solar panels than it does American-made ones, said it would be better to have reliable local supply because global…
On Xinjiang, “Work With Allies” Not Really Working
When it comes to going after China for its forced imprisonment and sterilization of Muslim minority groups in the western province of Xinjiang, our biggest allies are still sourcing from…