Wednesday, February 3, 2021
On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers (the “EO”). The purpose of the EO is to strengthen “Made in America Laws,” which include the Buy American Act and other statutes, regulations, rules and Executive Orders that require acquisition of good, products and materials produced or manufactured in the U.S. The EO instructs the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) to establish a Made in America Office and appoint a Made in America Director (the “Director”) to oversee implementation of the EO policy.
‘Made in America’ President Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost U.S. Manufacturing, but to What Practical Effect? Monday, February 1, 2021
On January 25, 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers” (Made in America EO) to leverage federal purchasing power to strengthen domestic manufacturing, spur job creation for Americans, and bolster the middle class. The EO tightens “Made in America Laws,” including the Buy American Act (BAA), at a time when U.S. industries and supply chains are faltering under the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To many onlookers, President Biden’s reliance on Made in America laws to boost domestic manufacturing echoes the “Buy American, Hire American” strategy implemented by former President Trump. Yet the Biden administration argues that, unlike the numerous orders and directives issued by his predecessor, this EO provides “a clear direct
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On January 25, 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers” (Made in America EO) to leverage federal purchasing power to strengthen domestic manufacturing, spur job creation for Americans, and bolster the middle class. The EO tightens “Made in America Laws,” including the Buy American Act (BAA), at a time when U.S. industries and supply chains are faltering under the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To many onlookers, President Biden’s reliance on Made in America laws to boost domestic manufacturing echoes the “Buy American, Hire American” strategy implemented by former President Trump. Yet the Biden administration argues that, unlike the numerous orders and directives issued by his predecessor, this EO provides “a clear directive with clear direction and clear time-limited windows” to deliver fundamental change. Below,
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On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on “Ensuring the Future is Made in all of America by All of America’s Workers” (the “Order”) to advance the stated policy set forth in Section 1 of: “us[ing] terms and conditions of Federal financial assistance awards and Federal procurements to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States.”
The Order includes several key components to further the stated policy, including: (1) Establishing a Made in America Office headed by the Made in America Director; (2) Creating a General Services Administration (GSA) public website to increase visibility into the processing for waiver of the requirements and waiver decisions; (3) Enacting changes to the Buy American Act’s (i) “component test”, (ii) domestic content threshold, and (iii) price preference for domestic end products and materials
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This morning in metals news: President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order aimed at boosting U.S. manufacturing; the U.S. steel sector’s capacity utilization rate during the week ending Jan. 23 reached 75.7%; and the Energy Information Administration expects energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to tick back up once again in 2021 and 2022 after declining in 2020.
Biden signs executive order to boost federal procurement of U.S.-made goods
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order that aims to boost U.S. manufacturing by increasing federal procurement of U.S.-made materials.
“‘Made in America Laws’ means all statutes, regulations, rules, and Executive Orders relating to Federal financial assistance awards or Federal procurement, including those that refer to ‘Buy America’ or ‘Buy American,’ that require, or provide a preference for, the purchase or acquisition of goods, products, or materials produced in the United State