[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 17. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Manchin)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2
proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mr.
Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to the bill S. 1,
to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; as follows:
After section 2, insert the following:
SEC. __. USE OF UNITED STATES IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED
GOODS.
(a) Limitation.--Subject to subsection (b), to the maximum
extent consistent with the obligations of the United States
under international trade agreements, none of the iron,
steel, or manufactured goods used in the construction of the
Keystone XL Pipeline and facilities approved by this Act may
be produced outside of the United States.
(b) Nonapplication.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the
extent that the President finds that--
(1) iron, steel, and the applicable manufactured goods are
not produced in the United States in sufficient and
reasonably available quantities with a satisfactory quality;
or
(2) inclusion of iron, steel, or any manufactured good
produced in the United States will increase the cost of the
iron, steel, or any manufactured good used in the Pipeline
and facilities by more than 25 percent.
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