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Waiving the Recovery Act’s Broadband “Buy America” Provision?

Posted by Barlow Keener

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The Recovery Act included a “Made in America” requirement for all $787 billion of stimulus funding. Section 1605 of the Act provides that in a “public work” all “manufactured goods used in the project” must be “produced in the United States.” A Federal agency is authorized to waive the requirement if [...]