Sec. 7. Administration and oversight
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Section 210A of the Museum and Library Services Act ( 20 U.S.C. 9109 ) shall not apply to this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State, Indian Tribe, organization, library, or other entity that receives funds under this Act shall not be required to provide matching funds or a non-Federal share toward the cost of the activities carried out with the funds. A State shall use an allocation received under section 5 only to supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that would, in absence of such allocation, be made available for the activities supported by the allocation, and not to supplant such funds.
From the amount appropriated under section 9, the Director may allocate not more than 3 percent of such amount for program administration, oversight activities, research, analysis, and data collection related to the purposes of the Build America’s Libraries Fund. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until all funds provided under this Act have been expended, the Director shall issue reports to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives detailing how funding under this Act has been spent and its impact on improving library services in communities that are served, including underserved and marginalized populations, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian communities, and shall make such reports publicly available on the website of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
A State that receives funds under this Act shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until all funds have been expended, submit a report to the Director at such time and in such manner as the Director may require. As a condition on receipt of funds under this Act for a project, an entity shall ensure that all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States. Paragraph
(1)shall be waived in any case or category of cases in which the Director finds that— applying subparagraph
(A)would be inconsistent with the public interest; iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. If the Director receives a request for a waiver under this subsection, the Director shall make available to the public, on an informal basis, a copy of the request and information available to the Director concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Director shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means. This subsection shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements. The Director may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated for this Act for management and oversight of the requirements of this subsection. This paragraph does not apply with respect to a project if a State agency approves the engineering plans and specifications for the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve such plans and specifications prior to a project requesting bids, prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
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