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<dc:title>109 HR 4712 IH: 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.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2006-02-08</dc:date>
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<congress>109th CONGRESS</congress>
<session>2d Session</session>
<legis-num>H. R. 4712</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
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<action-date date="20060208">February 8, 2006</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001229">Mr. Baird</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HPW00">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</committee-name></action-desc>
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type> 
<official-title>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.</official-title> 
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<section id="HF40755AC5A15472DB820C2C453CA3109" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Clarification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/101">23 U.S.C. 101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H40CCF52281344E058237B15900026D57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H428F41F65F4E44C79FAD6135F200AD63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for a project</quote> after <quote>shall not obligate</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HE790955FD00F49E7A8FE36ED34C98030"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, before, on, or after the date of obligation of such funds,</quote> after <quote>products used</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H9AC2C62D899A46A1A073C9A3A5FD6D67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<subsection id="HE4F0C939BD194D10B500AD8023DDBEC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Applicability to bridge project</header><text>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.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> 
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