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Amend CSHB 4 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 27, line 6, strike "and" and substitute "[and]".
(2) On page 27, line 9, between "possible" and the period, insert the following:
; and
(8) that the contract include a requirement that iron and steel products and manufactured goods used in the project be produced in the United States, unless:
(A) such products or goods are not:
(i) available in sufficient quantities;
(ii) readily available; or
(iii) of a satisfactory quality; or
(B) the use of such products or goods will increase the total cost of the project by more than 20 percent
(3) On page 27, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
(c) For the purposes of Subsections (a)(8) and (d):
(1) "Component" means any article, material, or supply, whether a manufactured good or raw material, that is directly incorporated into a manufactured good.
(2) "Manufactured good" means an item produced as the result of a manufacturing process.
(3) "Manufacturing process" means the application of a process to alter the form or function of materials or elements of a product in a manner that adds value and transforms the materials or elements so that a new end product is produced that is functionally different from the product that would result from simple assembly of the materials or elements.
(4) "Produced in the United States" means:
(A) in the case of iron and steel products, products for which all manufacturing processes, from initial melting through application of coatings, take place in the United States, except metallurgical processes that involve the refinement of steel additives; and
(B) in the case of a manufactured good, a good for which:
(i) all of the manufacturing process that produced the manufactured good takes place in the United States; and
(ii) more than 60 percent of the components of the manufactured good, by cost, originate in the United States.
(d) For the purposes of Subsection (c)(4)(B)(ii), if a component originates in the United States, the entire cost of that component contributes to the determination of the percentage of the components of the manufactured good that originate in the United States.
(e) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with this state's obligations under any international agreement.