Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5193 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend and expand the provision requiring the use of iron and steel products that are produced in the United States in projects funded through a State drinking water treat- ment revolving loan fund. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 20, 2019 Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. RYAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com- merce A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend and ex- pand the provision requiring the use of iron and steel products that are produced in the United States in projects funded through a State drinking water treat- ment revolving loan fund. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Buy America for 4 Drinking Water Extension Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Nov 28, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5193.IH H5193 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5193 IH SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATERIALS. 1 Subparagraph (A) of section 1452(a)(4) of the Safe 2 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(4)) is amend- 3 ed to read as follows: 4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available 5 from a State drinking water treatment revolv- 6 ing loan fund established under this section 7 may not be used for a project for the construc- 8 tion, alteration, maintenance, or repair of col- 9 lection, treatment, storage, and distribution fa- 10 cilities, including publicly and privately owned 11 pipes or other constructed conveyances, unless 12 all of the iron and steel products used in the 13 project are produced in the United States.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Nov 28, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5193.IH H5193 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS