U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., recently introduced the bipartisan Strengthening Buy America for Small Shipyard Grants Act to strengthen Buy America requirements for federal Small Shipyard Grant funding to support U.S. businesses, manufacturers and workers. The bill is co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
While Buy American requirements already apply to the Small Shipyard Grant Program, there is a loophole in the Maritime Administration’s rules for commercially available, off-the-shelf...