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Paving the Way for American Industry Act
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to include certain yellow coloring as construction materials for purposes of the Build America, Buy America Act, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Paving the Way for American Industry Act would amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to classify certain yellow organic pigments as construction materials under the Buy America, Buy American Act. Beginning immediately after enactment, yellow organic pigments used in water-based paints for road, highway, and airport surface markings would be considered construction materials. Beginning two years after enactment, yellow organic pigments used in all formulas for these surface markings would be included. The bill defines "produced in the United States" to mean all manufacturing processes for the pigment occurred domestically. The Office of Management and Budget would be required to update guidance within 90 days to implement these changes.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH)
Actions (2)
- Feb 10, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Feb 10, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 10, 2026
Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mr. Husted) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to include certain yellow coloring as construction materials for purposes of 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 “Paving the Way for American Industry Act”.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA ACT.
(a) In General.—Section 70917 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (41 U.S.C. 8301 note; Public Law 117-58) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Certain Yellow Pigments.—
“(1) In general.—For the purpose of this part—
“(A) beginning on the date of enactment of the Paving the Way for American Industry Act, all yellow organic pigments used in water-based paints for road, highway, or airport surface markings shall be considered to be construction materials; and
“(B) beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of the Paving the Way for American Industry Act, all yellow organic pigments used in all formulas for road, highway, or airport surface markings shall be considered to be construction materials.
“(2) Produced in the united states.—For the purpose of this part, with respect to a yellow organic pigment described in paragraph (1), the term ‘produced in the United States’ means that 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.”.
(b) 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 amendment made by subsection (a). <all>
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