[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1684 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1684

 To require the use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in 
 the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and 
                            treatment works.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2011

Ms. Sutton (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Bishop of New 
  York, Mr. Jones, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Michaud, Ms. 
  DeLauro, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. George Miller of 
 California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Linda 
 T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. 
 Olver, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Tonko, Mr. 
   Courtney, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Filner, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Doyle, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, and Ms. Pingree of Maine) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in 
 the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and 
                            treatment works.

    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 ``Keep American Jobs from Going Down 
the Drain Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATERIALS IN PUBLIC WATER 
              SYSTEMS.

    Section 1452(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
12(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Requirement for use of american materials.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, none of the funds made available by a 
                State loan fund as authorized under this section may be 
                used for a project for the construction, alteration, 
                maintenance, or repair of a public water system unless 
                the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such 
                project are produced in the United States.
                    ``(B) Waivers.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in 
                any case in which the Administrator, in consultation 
                with the Governor of the State, finds that--
                            ``(i) applying subparagraph (A) would be 
                        inconsistent with the public interest;
                            ``(ii) the steel, iron, and manufactured 
                        goods are not produced in the United States in 
                        sufficient and reasonably available quantities 
                        and of a satisfactory quality; or
                            ``(iii) inclusion of steel, iron, and 
                        manufactured goods produced in the United 
                        States will increase the cost of the overall 
                        project by more than 25 percent.
                    ``(C) Public notification and written justification 
                for waiver.--If the Administrator determines that it is 
                necessary to waive the application of subparagraph (A) 
                based on a finding under subparagraph (B), the 
                Administrator shall--
                            ``(i) not less than 15 days prior to 
                        waiving the application of subparagraph (A), 
                        provide public notice and the opportunity to 
                        comment on the Administrator's intent to issue 
                        such waiver; and
                            ``(ii) upon issuing such waiver, publish in 
                        the Federal Register a detailed written 
                        justification as to why the provision is being 
                        waived.
                    ``(D) Consistency with international agreements.--
                This paragraph shall be applied in a manner consistent 
                with United States obligations under international 
                agreements.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATERIALS IN TREATMENT WORKS.

    Title VI Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 607 as section 608; and
            (2) by inserting after section 606 the following:

``SEC. 607. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATERIALS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available by a State water pollution control 
revolving fund as authorized under this title may be used for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works 
unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such treatment 
works are produced in the United States.
    ``(b) Waivers.--Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case in which 
the Administrator, in consultation with the Governor of the State, 
finds that--
            ``(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with 
        the public interest;
            ``(2) the steel, iron, and manufactured goods are not 
        produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably 
        available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
            ``(3) inclusion of steel, iron, and manufactured goods 
        produced in the United States will increase the cost of the 
        overall project by more than 25 percent.
    ``(c) Public Notification and Written Justification for Waiver.--If 
the Administrator determines that it is necessary to waive the 
application of subsection (a) based on a finding under subsection (b), 
the Administrator shall--
            ``(1) not less than 15 days prior to waiving application of 
        subsection (a), provide public notice and the opportunity to 
        comment on the Administrator's intent to issue such waiver; and
            ``(2) upon issuing such waiver, publish in the Federal 
        Register a detailed written justification as to why the 
        provision is being waived.
    ``(d) Consistency With International Agreements.--This section 
shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations 
under international agreements.''.
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