When Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), it was hailed by the White House as "a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation's infrastructure and competitiveness." Politicians lauded IIJA as the historic opportunity to repair the "one-in-five miles of our roadways and more than 45,000 bridges in the United States rated as 'in poor condition.'" And like its predecessor federal funding packages (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), the IIJA attaches strings to the use of the funds, including those reflected in the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA).