S. 3819

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3819 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3819

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.

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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

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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 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).
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