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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6460 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require, for projects for the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works funded through a State drinking water treatment revolving loan fund, the 

use of iron and steel products that are produced in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 7, 2016 

Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. JONES, Mr. RUSH, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. FOSTER, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require, for 

projects for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of treatment works funded through a State drinking water treatment revolving loan fund, the use of iron 

and steel products that are produced in the United 

States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Buy America for 

5 Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATE2 RIALS. 

3 Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(s) REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATE7 RIALS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available from 

9 a State drinking water treatment revolving loan fund 

10 established under this section may not be used for 

11 a project for the construction, alteration, mainte12 nance, or repair of collection, treatment, storage, 

13 and distribution facilities, including publicly and pri14 vately owned pipes or other constructed conveyances, 

15 unless all of the iron and steel products used in the 

16 project are produced in the United States. 

17 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF IRON AND STEEL PROD18 UCTS.—In this section, the term ‘iron and steel 

19 products’ means the following products made pri20 marily of iron or steel: Lined or unlined pipes and 

21 fittings, manhole covers and other municipal cast22 ings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and re23 straints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 

24 concrete, and construction materials. 


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1 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

2 apply in any case or category of cases in which the 

3 Administrator finds that— 

4 ‘‘(A) applying paragraph (1) would be in5 consistent with the public interest; 

6 ‘‘(B) iron and steel products are not pro7 duced in the United States in sufficient and 

8 reasonably available quantities and of a satis9 factory quality; or 

10 ‘‘(C) inclusion of iron and steel products 

11 produced in the United States will increase the 

12 cost of the overall project by more than 25 per13 cent. 

14 ‘‘(4) WAIVER.—If the Administrator receives a 

15 request for a waiver under this section, the Adminis16 trator shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) make available to the public, on an 

18 informal basis, a copy of the request and infor19 mation available to the Administrator con20 cerning the request; 

21 ‘‘(B) make the request and accompanying 

22 information available by electronic means, in23 cluding on the official public Internet site of the 

24 Environmental Protection Agency; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) allow for informal public input on the 

2 request for at least 15 days prior to making a 

3 finding based on the request. 

4 ‘‘(5) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This sec5 tion shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

6 United States obligations under international agree7 ments. 

8 ‘‘(6) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Ad9 ministrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 

10 funds appropriated for this section for management 

11 and oversight of the requirements of this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(7) NO EFFECT ON OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 The requirement in paragraph (1) is in addition to 

14 any other applicable requirements for the construc15 tion, alteration, maintenance, or repair of facilities 

16 using iron and steel products that are produced in 

17 the United States. 

18 ‘‘(8) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection does 

19 not apply with respect to a project if a State agency 

20 approves the engineering plans and specifications for 

21 the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve 

22 such plans and specifications prior to a project re23 questing bids, prior to October 1, 2018.’’. 

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