Make Congress Drive Union Made Act

#3766 | S Congress #119

Policy Area: Congress
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Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2/3/2026)

Bill Text Source: Congress.gov

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3766 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3766

To prohibit the use of funds available to Representatives and Senators 
with respect to official expenses to purchase or lease a motor vehicle 
   unless the motor vehicle is manufactured in the United States by 
                           unionized workers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2026

  Ms. Slotkin 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 prohibit the use of funds available to Representatives and Senators 
with respect to official expenses to purchase or lease a motor vehicle 
   unless the motor vehicle is manufactured in the United States by 
                           unionized workers.

    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 ``Make Congress Drive Union Made 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) In General.--Section 101 of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as 
        subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Restrictions on Motor Vehicles.--The funds from the Members' 
Representational Allowance may not be used to purchase or lease a motor 
vehicle unless the motor vehicle--
            ``(1) has a final assembly place (as such term is defined 
        in section 32304 of title 49, United States Code) in the United 
        States; and
            ``(2) is assembled by employees who are covered by a 
        collective bargaining agreement.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2026.

SEC. 3. SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.

    Subsection (a) of the first section of Public Law 100-137 (2 U.S.C. 
6313) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(7) Effective on and after October 1, 2026, the funds from the 
Senators' Account may not be used to purchase or lease a motor vehicle 
unless the motor vehicle--
            ``(A) has a final assembly place (as such term is defined 
        in section 32304 of title 49, United States Code) in the United 
        States; and
            ``(B) is assembled by employees who are covered by a 
        collective bargaining agreement.''.
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