Sec. 21013. General provisions
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Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (j)— in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
(C)and inserting the following: when procuring rolling stock (including train control, communication, and traction power equipment, and rolling stock prototypes) under this chapter— the cost of components and subcomponents produced in the United States— for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, is more than 60 percent of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, is more than 65 percent of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; and for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, is more than 70 percent of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; and final assembly of the rolling stock has occurred in the United States; or ; by redesignating paragraphs
(5)through
(9)as paragraphs
(7)through (11), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: In carrying out paragraph (2)(C) in the case of a rolling stock procurement receiving assistance under this chapter in which the average cost of a rolling stock vehicle in the procurement is more than $300,000, if rolling stock frames or car shells are not produced in the United States, the Secretary shall include in the calculation of the domestic content of the rolling stock the cost of steel or iron used in the rolling stock frames or car shells if— all manufacturing processes for the steel or iron occur in the United States; and the amount of steel or iron used in the rolling stock frames or car shells is significant. If the Secretary denies an application for a waiver under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide to the applicant a written certification that— the steel, iron, or manufactured goods, as applicable, (referred to in this subparagraph as the item ) is produced in the United States in a sufficient and reasonably available amount; the item produced in the United States is of a satisfactory quality; and includes a list of known manufacturers in the United States from which the item can be obtained. The Secretary shall disclose the waiver denial and the written certification to the public in an easily identifiable location on the website of the Department of Transportation. ; in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 and inserting Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 ; and by inserting after paragraph (11), as so redesignated, the following: For purposes of this subsection, steel and iron may be considered produced in the United States if all the manufacturing processes, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives, took place in the United States. For purposes of determining whether a purchase qualifies for a general public interest waiver under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection, including under any regulation promulgated under that paragraph, the term small purchase means a purchase of not more than $150,000. ; in subsection (q)(1), by striking the second sentence; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of assistance under this chapter may use the revenue generated from value capture financing mechanisms as local matching funds for capital projects and operating costs eligible under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to mandate the use of value engineering in projects funded under this chapter. .