Sec. 70116. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products
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A local educational agency that receives covered funds shall ensure that any iron, steel, and manufactured products used in projects carried out with such funds are produced in the United States. The Secretary may waive the requirement of subsection
(a)if the Secretary determines that— applying subsection
(a)would be inconsistent with the public interest; iron, steel, and manufactured products produced in the United States are not produced in a sufficient and reasonably available amount or are not of a satisfactory quality; or using iron, steel, and manufactured products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. Before issuing a waiver under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written explanation of the waiver determination. This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the United States under international agreements. In this section: The term produced in the United States means the following: When used with respect to a manufactured product, the product was manufactured in the United States and the cost of the components of such product that were mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the total cost of all components of the product. When used with respect to iron or steel products, or an individual component of a manufactured product, all manufacturing processes for such iron or steel products or components, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States, except that the term does not include— steel or iron material or products manufactured abroad from semi-finished steel or iron from the United States; and steel or iron material or products manufactured in the United States from semi-finished steel or iron of foreign origin. The term manufactured product means any construction material or end product (as such terms are defined in part 25.003 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) that is not an iron or steel product, including— electrical components; and non-ferrous building materials, including, aluminum and polyvinylchloride (PVC), glass, fiber optics, plastic, wood, masonry, rubber, manufactured stone, any other non-ferrous metals, and any unmanufactured construction material.