[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4712 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4712

 To amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to clarify 
that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2006

  Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to clarify 
that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project, 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. CLARIFICATION.

    Section 165 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 
(23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``for a project'' after ``shall 
                not obligate''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, before, on, or after the date 
                of obligation of such funds,'' after ``products used''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Applicability to Bridge Project.--If subsection (a) is 
applicable to a component of a bridge project, the Secretary shall 
ensure that subsection (a) applies to the entire bridge project.''.
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