Build American Efficiency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9194 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9194

To clarify the evidentiary treatment of documentation generated under a
 qualifying process standard for purposes of compliance with the Build
           America, Buy America Act, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2026

    Mr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. Correa, Mr. Finstad, Mr.
Olszewski, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. McGuire) introduced the following bill;
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

To clarify the evidentiary treatment of documentation generated under a
 qualifying process standard for purposes of compliance with the Build
           America, Buy America Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Build American Efficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. DOMESTIC CONTENT CERTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--For the purposes of administering the Build
America, Buy America Act (title IV of division G of Public Law 117-58;
42 U.S.C. 8301 note) with respect to financial assistance administered
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development (hereafter referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall treat documentation generated in accordance with
the Make It American Process Standard (NEMA 70901-2024), as in effect
on the date of enactment of this Act, or a successor version approved
by the Secretary, as sufficient evidence for purposes of determining
whether a funding recipient's domestic content certification complies
with applicable domestic content requirements.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed
to--
            (1) require a recipient or prospective recipient of
        financial assistance administered by the Department of Housing
        and Urban Development to use documentation generated in
        accordance with the Make It American Process Standard (NEMA
        70901-2024) to certify that their domestic content complies
        with applicable domestic content requirements; or
            (2) prohibit a recipient or prospective recipient of
        Federal financial assistance administered by the Department of
        Housing and Urban Development from using any other method to
        certify that their domestic content complies with applicable
        domestic content requirements if such method is permitted by
        law.
    (c) Similar Standards.--The Secretary may, if the Secretary
determines appropriate, treat documentation produced through standards
that are similar to the Make It American Process Standard (NEMA 70901-
2024) if such standard provides an auditable and verifiable domestic
content certification process.
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