In 2019, Senator Baldwin successfully included her bipartisan Strengthening Buy America for Small Shipyard Grants Act in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring that products and materials purchased with Small Shipyard grant funding be American-made. But despite this rule, DOT last month finalized a rule to waive the Build America, Buy America requirements for certain awards under $500,000, including the Small Shipyard Grant Program.
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