119-hr3933

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3933 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3933

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to include certain 
 yellow coloring as construction materials for purposes of Build 
 America, Buy America Act, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 11, 2025

 Ms. Scholten (for herself and Mr. Barrett) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
 each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to include certain 
 yellow coloring as construction materials for purposes of 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 ``Paving the Way for American Industry 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA ACT.

    (a) In General.--

Section 70917
            (c) (1) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``shall not include'' and inserting the 
 following: ``shall--
 ``
        (A) not include'' and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) include all yellow organic pigments wherein 
 to be produced in the United States, all manufacturing 
 processes from initial combination of materials through 
 the chemical reaction resulting in the synthesized 
 pigment, where chemical reaction is a process 
 (including a biochemical process) that results in a 
 molecule with a new structure by breaking 
 intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular 
 bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms 
 in a molecule, occurred in the United States; and''.

    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph

    (2) of 
subsection

    (a) shall apply--

    (1) to a pigment described in the amendment made by such 
 paragraph that is used in water-based paints for road, highway, 
 or airport surface markings beginning on the date of enactment 
 of this Act; and

    (2) to such pigments included in all formulas for road, 
 highway, or airport surface markings containing such pigments 
 beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of 
 enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION.

 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall update relevant 
guidance, including the implementation guidance of the Made in America 
Office, to reflect the requirements of the amendment made by 

section 2.
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