"Super RIGI": the government conceded a 20% local-supplier quota, allies blocked the committee report anyway, and they are now demanding price preference for Argentine firms — still not law

This tracker recorded on 26 August that the "Super RIGI" — a regime running parallel to the RIGI already in force, with a USD 1 billion investment floor for "new industries" — was stalled in the Senate because allied blocs were conditioning their signatures on changes the government refused to accept. What changed since: the government gave way. To unblock the committee report, expected on 2 September, La Libertad Avanza accepted two specific amendments demanded by the UCR, the PRO and the provinces. The first is a local-content quota: every project joining the regime must submit a local supplier development plan committing to contract goods, services and/or works worth at least 20% of the investment allocated to supplier payments — with the clarification the allies asked for, that the 20% covers goods actually produced in the country (civil works and services inevitably rendered locally do not count). The second, more specific and more relevant to this tracker's readers, targets projects with very high electricity demand — every source cites AI data centres as the example: they will have to provide their own generation or electrical infrastructure (the most precise wording refers to building their own substations) where their demand could affect the energy supply of the province or municipality hosting them. Neither of these is law yet, and what followed confirms it. UPDATE OF 7 SEPTEMBER: the 2 September session did NOT sign the report. Accepting the two changes was not enough — the UCR, the PRO and dissident Peronism demanded a third amendment and La Libertad Avanza adjourned for lack of signatures. What they are asking for now bites harder than the 20% quota and hits any foreign supplier directly: an article establishing that where the price gap between an Argentine company's bid and a foreign firm's is up to 15%, the Argentine company gets priority. Mid-debate, Patricia Bullrich argued that "if the Super RIGI is this much trouble, we keep the RIGI we have". As of 7 September there is no signed report; the floor vote had been projected for 10 September and now depends on those signatures appearing. One more thing that calibrates the timeline: because the Senate is amending a text already passed by the Deputies, if it is approved this way it goes back to the lower house for a second reading — a Senate vote alone would not make it law.

Legal instrument

Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies on 24 June 2026. On 2 September, in a joint session of the Budget, National Economy and Investment, and General Legislation committees, the ruling bloc agreed to two amendments requested by allied blocs (UCR, PRO) and by the provinces in order to unblock the committee report. STILL NOT LAW: this is a text under parliamentary negotiation, not a rule in force

Authority

National Congress — bill creating an Incentive Regime for Large Investments in New Industries. Updates the entry this tracker recorded on 26 August 2026 (passed by the lower house, report stalled in the Senate)

Status

Bill in Congress

Last verified

2026-09-07