The Federal Highway Administration's “Buy America Act” requires federally funded highway projects to use only steel, iron, and manufactured products produced in the United States.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP LRD 80: Buy America Requirements for Federal Highway Projects summarizes the intent and application of the provision. It also summarizes the procedure that FHWA has implemented for granting waivers and the impact that court interpretation of such waivers has had on the industry.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Buy America Requirements for Federal Highway Projects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25799.
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Foreword | 1-1 | |
CONTENTS | 2-2 | |
I. INTRODUCTION TO FHWA BUY AMERICA PROVISION | 3-4 | |
II. APPLICATION TO STEEL AND IRON IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS | 5-12 | |
III. APPLICATION TO MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | 13-21 | |
IV. WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS | 22-35 | |
V. SCOPE OF PROJECT COVERAGE | 36-38 | |
VI. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS | 39-44 | |
VII. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES | 45-48 | |
VII. CONCLUSIONS | 49-50 | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 51-50 | |
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM | 51-52 |
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