"Buy American" Regulations : Effects on Surface Transportation.

Discusses "buy American" provisions of P.L. 95-599 and P.L. 97-424, the Surface Transportation Assistance Acts of 1978 and 1982 respectively, which requires DOT to favor domestic suppliers of key resources and manufactured products in surface transportation assistance programs. Examines im...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Competition. Federal aid to transportation. Import quotas. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses "buy American" provisions of P.L. 95-599 and P.L. 97-424, the Surface Transportation Assistance Acts of 1978 and 1982 respectively, which requires DOT to favor domestic suppliers of key resources and manufactured products in surface transportation assistance programs. Examines impact of buy American regulations upon surface transportation. Considers whether buy American regulations have in fact protected U.S. manufacturers from foreign competition.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.