[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1984 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1984

To amend title 23, United States Code, to clarify that the Buy America 
             provision applies to an entire bridge project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2007

   Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Brady of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Berry, Mr. Mollohan, Ms. Sutton, and Mr. DeFazio) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to clarify that the Buy America 
             provision applies to an entire bridge project.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION.

    Section 313 of title 23, United States Code, 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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