American Jobs Preservation Act

American Jobs Preservation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from issuing a public interest waiver of Buy American requirements under the highway, public transportation, aviation, or passenger rail programs before considering the potential impacts of that waiver on domestic manufacturing employment.

Requires the Secretary to issue a statement detailing the short- and long-term impact of each of those public interest waivers on domestic manufacturing employment.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3645 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3645

  To require consideration of the impacts of a public interest waiver 
 from the Buy America requirement on domestic manufacturing employment 
                 for certain transportation provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2011

   Ms. Sutton (for herself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
Yarmuth, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Holden, Mr. Critz, and Mr. Gene 
 Green of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require consideration of the impacts of a public interest waiver 
 from the Buy America requirement on domestic manufacturing employment 
                 for certain transportation provisions.

    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 ``American Jobs Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGHWAYS.

    Section 313 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
        subsections (d) through (g), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Requirements for Issuance of Public Interest Waiver.--The 
Secretary may issue a waiver based on a finding under subsection (b)(1) 
only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the 
waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Secretary shall 
include a statement detailing the short and long-term impact of the 
finding on domestic manufacturing employment.''.

SEC. 3. TRANSIT.

    Section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
    ``(3) Requirements for Issuance of Public Interest Waiver.--The 
Secretary may issue a waiver based on a finding under paragraph (2)(A) 
only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the 
waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Secretary shall 
include a statement detailing the short and long-term impact of the 
finding on domestic manufacturing employment.''.

SEC. 4. AVIATION.

    Section 50101 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Requirements for Issuance of Public Interest Waiver.--The 
Secretary may issue a waiver based on a finding under subsection (b)(1) 
only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the 
waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Secretary shall 
include a statement detailing the short and long-term impact of the 
finding on domestic manufacturing employment.''.

SEC. 5. RAIL.

    Section 24405(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as 
        paragraphs (4) through (12), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
    ``(3) Requirements for Issuance of Public Interest Waiver.--The 
Secretary may issue a waiver based on a finding under paragraph (2)(A) 
only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the 
waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Secretary shall 
include a statement detailing the short and long-term impact of the 
finding on domestic manufacturing employment.''.

SEC. 6. AMTRAK.

    Section 24305(f) of title 49 United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) Requirements for Issuance of Public Interest Waiver.--The 
Secretary may issue a waiver based on a finding under paragraph 
(4)(A)(i) only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts 
of the waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Secretary shall 
include a statement detailing the short and long-term impact of the 
finding on domestic manufacturing employment.''.
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