{"id":6464,"date":"2023-03-19T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/2023\/03\/in-washington-acma-insider-march-23-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:41:08","slug":"in-washington-acma-insider-march-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/in-washington-acma-insider-march-23-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In Washington – ACMA Insider – March 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
ACMA Comments on Build America Buy America<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In response to a February request for comments from the Office of Management and Budget, ACMA answered questions posed by the Biden Administration on how to define the phrase \u201ccomposite building materials.\u201d Composites will be subject to domestic content rules under the new \u201cBuild America, Buy America\u201d provisions of the IIJA, which includes composite building materials in a list of examples of plastic and polymer products. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ACMA argued that the text of the bill means composite building materials should remain a sub-category of plastic and polymer-based products. While the difference between these products is self-evident when examining the technical specifications, ACMA believes composite building materials should remain a sub-category to avoid confusion with other products seen in the marketplace that are described as \u201ccomposite\u201d but do not fit the intended definition created by the IIJA.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To read ACMA\u2019s full comments, please click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n