would, in the absence of such grant, be made available 
for the activities supported by the grant, and not to sup-
plant such funds. 
SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) NO PROHIBITION AGAINST CONSTRUCTION.— 
Section 210A of the Museum and Library Services Act 
(20 U.S.C. 9109) shall not apply to this Act. 
(b) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT OR NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
State, Indian Tribe, organization, library, or other entity 
that receives funds under this Act shall not be required 
to provide matching funds or a non-Federal share toward 
the cost of the activities carried out with the funds. 
(c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A State shall use 
an allocation received under section 5 only to supplement 
the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that 
would, in absence of such allocation, be made available for 
the activities supported by the allocation, and not to sup-
plant such funds. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—From the amount ap-
propriated under section 9, the Director may allocate not 
more than 3 percent of such amount for program adminis-
tration, oversight activities, research, analysis, and data 
collection related to the purposes of the Build America’s 
Libraries Fund. 
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(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter until all funds provided under this Act 
have been expended, the Director shall issue reports 
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives detailing how funding 
under this Act has been spent and its impact on im-
proving library services in communities that are 
served, including underserved and marginalized pop-
ulations, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian com-
munities, and shall make such reports publicly avail-
able on the website of the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services. 
(2) STATE
REPORT.—A State that receives 
funds under this Act shall, not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until all funds have been expended, sub-
mit a report to the Director at such time and in 
such manner as the Director may require. 
(f) AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of 
funds under this Act for a project, an entity shall 
ensure that all of the iron and steel products used 
in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall be 
waived in any case or category of cases in which the 
Director finds that— 
(A) applying subparagraph (A) would be 
inconsistent with the public interest; 
(B) iron and steel products are not pro-
duced in the United States in sufficient and 
reasonably available quantities and of a satis-
factory quality; or 
(C) inclusion of iron and steel products 
produced in the United States will increase the 
cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
(3) WAIVER.—If the Director receives a request 
for a waiver under this subsection, the Director shall 
make available to the public, on an informal basis, 
a copy of the request and information available to 
the Director concerning the request, and shall allow 
for informal public input on the request for at least 
15 days prior to making a finding based on the re-
quest. The Director shall make the request and ac-
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companying information available by electronic 
means. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This sub-
section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agree-
ments. 
(5) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Di-
rector may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated for this Act for management and over-
sight of the requirements of this subsection. 
(6) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This paragraph does 
not apply with respect to a project if a State agency 
approves the engineering plans and specifications for 
the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve 
such plans and specifications prior to a project re-
questing bids, prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 8. OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 
For fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year, 
with respect to each contract or subcontract funded, in 
whole or in part, under this Act— 
(1) the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 
31 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply with 
respect to laborers or mechanics for each construc-
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tion contract or subcontract funded, in whole or in 
part, under this Act; and 
(2) the provisions of chapter 67 of title 41, 
United States Code, shall apply with respect to serv-
ice employees for each contract or subcontract fund-
ed, in whole or in part, under this Act, except that, 
for purposes of such chapter, the term ‘‘service em-
ployee’’ shall— 
(A) have the meaning given the term in 
section 6701 of such title; 
(B) include employees that are routine op-
erations workers or routine maintenance work-
ers; and 
(C) not include any employee covered 
under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 9. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is 
appropriated, to carry out this Act, $5,000,000,000, for 
the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2024, to remain 
available until expended. 
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