The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA)
The Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act was signed into law in 2021 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strengthen and expand domestic requirements for federally financed infrastructure projects—significantly increasing the need for U.S. manufacturers to identify their products as BABA compliant. It requires 100% of iron, steel, and construction materials used in these projects be produced in the United States. For manufactured products, 55% of components must be of domestic origin and final assembly must occur in the United States. The BlueGreen Alliance’s Making BABA Work for American Manufacturers provides an overview of BABA to guide manufacturers in navigating its rules and opportunities.
Finding BABA Compliant Products
To help project developers identify BABA compliant products, Building Clean is researching and adding information on manufacturers making these products to Buildingclean.org.
The interactive table below is an initial step to making this information searchable alongside other attributes throughout Buildingclean.org. It lists manufacturers by:
- CSI division and product sector
- highlights the product types they make
- affiliated brand names
- any BABA-specific links or documentation offered by the manufacturer
- manufacturer contact information.
Why are Buy American Act (BAA) compliant manufacturers included?
Also included are products that are compliant with the Buy American Act (BAA), which only applies to direct federal procurement for goods the U.S. government buys for its own use. Because the Buy American Act has been around much longer than BABA – and because there is a fair amount of overlap between BAA and BABA – we’ve included companies making both on this list. This list will be updated as additional manufacturers confirm that their products meet these standards.
Why is this catalogued by manufacturer instead of by product?
This information is listed by BABA compliant manufacturers instead of BABA compliant products as cost variances in supply chains —from changes in raw materials, labor costs and transportation expenses—can mean the difference between a product meeting the 55% cost of components requirement or being unable to meet the threshold and thus not being compliant with BABA. As a result, manufacturers are best able to keep track of and update compliant product lists, ideally making them searchable on company websites. Compliant product lists have been linked in the table if the manufacturer has made them available.