Make Congress Drive Union-Made Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill changes congressional office spending rules for motor vehicles. Beginning October 1, 2026, Members of the House may not use the Members' Representational Allowance to purchase or lease a vehicle unless its final assembly place is in the United States and the assembly employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The same restriction applies to Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account funds.
Who Benefits and How
Unionized auto workers and U.S. vehicle assembly plants benefit because congressional vehicle purchases would be steered toward domestically assembled, collectively bargained vehicles. Auto manufacturers with unionized U.S. final assembly could gain a small but visible procurement preference in congressional office purchasing.
Who Bears the Burden and How
House Member offices and Senate offices bear the compliance burden because they must verify both final assembly location and collective-bargaining coverage before using official office funds for a motor vehicle purchase or lease. Nonunion or foreign-assembled vehicle sellers lose eligibility for this narrow congressional-office funding stream.
Key Provisions
- Restricts House Members' Representational Allowance funds for motor vehicles to U.S.-assembled vehicles made by collectively bargained workers.
- Restricts Senate official office-account funds under the same U.S. final-assembly and collective-bargaining conditions.
- Provides an October 1, 2026 effective date for the House restriction and makes the Senate restriction effective on and after that date.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Bars House and Senate office funds from being used to buy or lease vehicles unless the vehicles are finally assembled in the United States by workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Government, Manufacturing
Primary Purpose
Bars House and Senate office funds from being used to buy or lease vehicles unless the vehicles are finally assembled in the United States by workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Unionized auto workers
- U.S. vehicle assembly plants
- Unionized auto manufacturers
Identified Costs
- House Member offices
- Senate offices
- Nonunion vehicle sellers
- Foreign assembled vehicle sellers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in House
Ms. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
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