IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY

Bills and resolutions

Buy American Act: strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 6216), H5326 [26JY]

Clean Air Act: provide that State implementation plans address impairment of visibility relative to emissions from taconite ore processing facilities (see H.R. 6507), H6274 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: amend meaning of ‘‘produced’’ to include melting and finishing processes for purposes of limitations on procurement of specialty metals used in steel armor plate (see S. 2087), S494 [9FE]

National Association of State Fire Marshals: recognize efforts to raise awareness of proper bonding for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to National Fire Protection Association specifications (see S. Res. 483), S3782 [6JN] (see H. Res. 638), H2274 [27AP]

Pennsylvania: reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, and Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (see S. 2131), S1049 [27FE]

Tariff: ferroboron (see H.R. 5780), H2713 [15MY]

——— ferroniobium (see S. 2380), S2821 [26AP] (see S. 2673), S2925 [7MY]

——— helical springs not suitable for use in motor-vehicle suspension, of iron or steel wire (see H.R. 5216), H2272 [27AP]

——— standard grade ferroniobium or ferrocolombium (see H.R. 5468), H2319 [7MY]

——— vacuum-grade ferroniobium (see S. 2667), S2925 [7MY]

——— vacuum-grade ferroniobium or ferrocolombium (see S. 2378), S2821 [26AP] (see H.R. 5467), H2319 [7MY]

Letters

Ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S.: Calman Cohen, Emergency Committee for American Trade, H3046 [17MY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3046 [17MY]

Transportation and infrastructure projects funding: Representative Schilling, E911 [30MY]

Remarks in House

Buy American Act: increase total domestic content of all steel, iron, and manufactured goods, including rolling stock, H4125 [27JN]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit, H3655, H3658 [7JN]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (H.R. 613), H19 [17JA], H204 [31JA], H721 [14FE], H3694, H3696 [8JN], H3796 [19JN], H4903 [17JY]

FERC: prohibit approval of permit for the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline until certification that a certain percentage of iron and steel used for pipeline construction was manufactured in North America, H771, H772 [15FE]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S., H3045–H3049 [17MY], E910 [30MY]

——— ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (H.R. 3533), H202 [31JA]

Remarks in Senate

Alcoa Inc.: tribute, S560 [13FE]

National Association of State Fire Marshals: recognize efforts to raise awareness of proper bonding for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to National Fire Protection Association specifications (S. Res. 483), S5090 [17JY]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline consistent with current law, prohibit export of crude oil transported by the pipeline, and require use of U.S. iron, steel, and manufactured goods in construction, S1525, S1529 [8MR]

Sparrows Point, MD: closure of steel mill, S8011 [13DE]

Texts of

S. Res. 483, recognize efforts of National Association of State Fire Marshals to raise awareness of proper bonding for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to National Fire Protection Association specifications, S3782 [6JN], S5090 [17JY]