,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #efeb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,king 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,curtis1 ,mr4 ,welch1 and ,ms4          
,murkowski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
clarify the evidentiary treatment of    
documentation generated under a         
qualifying process standard for purposes
 of compliance with the ,build ,america1
 ,buy ,america ,act1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,build ,american    
,efficiency ,act4  #b4 ,domestic content
 certification  7a7 ,in general ,for the
 purposes of administering the ,build   
,america1 ,buy ,america ,act 7title ,,iv
 of division ,g of ,public ,law #aag-eh2
 #db ,u4,s4,c4 #hcja note7 with respect 
to financial assistance administered by 
the ,department of ,housing and ,urban  
,development1 the ,secretary of ,housing

 and ,urban ,development 7hereafter     
referred to as the ,secretary7 shall    
treat documentation generated in        
accordance with the ,make ,it ,american 
,process ,standard 7,,nema #gjija-bjbd71
 as in effect on the date of enactment  
of this ,act1 or a successor version    
approved by the ,secretary1 as          
sufficient evidence for purposes of     
determining whether a funding           
recipient's domestic content            
certification complies with applicable  
domestic content requirements4  7b7     
,rule of ,construction ,nothing in this 
section may be construed to-- 7#a7      
require a recipient or prospective      
recipient of financial assistance       
administered by the ,department of      
,housing and ,urban ,development to use 
documentation generated in accordance   
with the ,make ,it ,american ,process   
,standard 7,,nema #gjija-bjbd7 to       
certify that their domestic content     
complies with applicable domestic       
content requirements2 or  7#b7 prohibit 

a recipient or prospective recipient of 
,federal financial assistance           
administered by the ,department of      
,housing and ,urban ,development from   
using any other method to certify that  
their domestic content complies with    
applicable domestic content requirements
 if such method is permitted by law4    
7c7 ,similar ,standards ,the ,secretary 
may1 if the ,secretary determines       
appropriate1 treat documentation        
produced through standards that are     
similar to the ,make ,it ,american      
,process ,standard 7,,nema #gjija-bjbd7 
if such standard provides an auditable  
and verifiable domestic content         
certification process4