[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2087

 To clarify the meaning of ``produced'' for purposes of limitations on 
the procurement by the Department of Defense of specialty metals within 
                           the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2012

   Mr. Brown of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mrs. 
  Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Casey, and Mrs. Hagan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify the meaning of ``produced'' for purposes of limitations on 
the procurement by the Department of Defense of specialty metals within 
                           the United States.

    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 ``United States Steel and Security Act 
of 2012''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF SPECIALTY 
              METALS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 2533b(m) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) The term `produced', as used in subsections (a) and 
        (b), means melted, or processed in a manner that results in 
        physical or chemical property changes that are the equivalent 
        of melting. The term does not include finishing processes such 
        as rolling, heat treatment, quenching, tempering, grinding, or 
        shaving.''.
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