Title: Made in America Water Infrastructure Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Made in America Water Infrastructure Act
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring all of the iron and steel products used in projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund program to be produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 880 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 880

 To ensure the use of American iron and steel in public water systems, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                April 6 (legislative day, April 4), 2017

  Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Franken, Ms. 
 Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. McCaskill) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure the use of American iron and steel in public water systems, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Made in America Water Infrastructure 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TAXPAYER-PRODUCED IRON AND STEEL IN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS.

    Section 1452(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
12(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following:
            ``(4) Requirement for the use of american materials.--
                    ``(A) Definition of iron and steel products.--In 
                this paragraph, the term `iron and steel products' 
                means the following products made primarily of iron or 
                steel:
                            ``(i) Lined or unlined pipe and fittings.
                            ``(ii) Manhole covers and other municipal 
                        castings.
                            ``(iii) Hydrants.
                            ``(iv) Tanks.
                            ``(v) Flanges.
                            ``(vi) Pipe clamps and restraints.
                            ``(vii) Valves.
                            ``(viii) Structural steel.
                            ``(ix) Reinforced precast concrete.
                            ``(x) Construction materials.
                    ``(B) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, except as provided in subparagraph 
                (C), none of the funds made available by a State loan 
                fund authorized under this section shall be used for a 
                project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, 
                or repair of a public water system unless all the iron 
                and steel products used in the project are produced in 
                the United States.
                    ``(C) Exception.--Subparagraph (B) shall not apply 
                in any case or category of cases in which the 
                Administrator finds that--
                            ``(i) applying subparagraph (B) would be 
                        inconsistent with the public interest;
                            ``(ii) iron and steel products are not 
                        produced in the United States in sufficient and 
                        reasonably available quantities and of a 
                        satisfactory quality; or
                            ``(iii) inclusion of iron and steel 
                        products produced in the United States will 
                        increase the cost of the overall project by 
                        more than 25 percent.
                    ``(D) Public notice; written justification.--
                            ``(i) Public notice.--If the Administrator 
                        receives a request for a waiver under this 
                        paragraph, the Administrator shall--
                                    ``(I) make available to the public 
                                on an informal basis, including on the 
                                public website of the Administrator--
                                            ``(aa) a copy of the 
                                        request; and
                                            ``(bb) any information 
                                        available to the Administrator 
                                        regarding the request; and
                                    ``(II) provide notice of, and 
                                opportunity for informal public comment 
                                on, the request for a period of not 
                                less than 15 days before making a 
                                finding under subparagraph (C).
                            ``(ii) Written justification.--If, after 
                        the period provided under clause (i), the 
                        Administrator makes a finding under 
                        subparagraph (C), the Administrator shall 
                        publish in the Federal Register a detailed 
                        written justification as to why subparagraph 
                        (B) is being waived.
                    ``(E) Application.--This paragraph shall be applied 
                in a manner consistent with United States obligations 
                under international agreements.
                    ``(F) Management and oversight.--The Administrator 
                may use not more than 0.25 percent of any funds made 
                available to carry out this title for management and 
                oversight of the requirements of this paragraph.''.
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