I 
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 fund-
ed 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 fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
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 drink-
ing water treatment revolving loan fund, the use of iron 
and steel products that are produced in the United 
States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Buy America for 
Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATE-
RIALS. 
Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(s) REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATE-
RIALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available from 
a State drinking water treatment revolving loan fund 
established under this section may not be used for 
a project for the construction, alteration, mainte-
nance, or repair of collection, treatment, storage, 
and distribution facilities, including publicly and pri-
vately owned pipes or other constructed conveyances, 
unless all of the iron and steel products used in the 
project are produced in the United States. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF IRON AND STEEL PROD-
UCTS.—In this section, the term ‘iron and steel 
products’ means the following products made pri-
marily of iron or steel: Lined or unlined pipes and 
fittings, manhole covers and other municipal cast-
ings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and re-
straints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 
concrete, and construction materials. 
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‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply in any case or category of cases in which the 
Administrator finds that— 
‘‘(A) applying paragraph (1) would be in-
consistent 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. 
‘‘(4) WAIVER.—If the Administrator receives a 
request for a waiver under this section, the Adminis-
trator shall— 
‘‘(A) make available to the public, on an 
informal basis, a copy of the request and infor-
mation available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request; 
‘‘(B) make the request and accompanying 
information available by electronic means, in-
cluding on the official public Internet site of the 
Environmental Protection Agency; and 
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‘‘(C) allow for informal public input on the 
request for at least 15 days prior to making a 
finding based on the request. 
‘‘(5) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This sec-
tion shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agree-
ments. 
‘‘(6) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Ad-
ministrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
funds appropriated for this section for management 
and oversight of the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(7) NO EFFECT ON OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
The requirement in paragraph (1) is in addition to 
any other applicable requirements for the construc-
tion, alteration, maintenance, or repair of facilities 
using iron and steel products that are produced in 
the United States. 
‘‘(8) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection 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 October 1, 2018.’’. 
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