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2014-04-12 Senate Journal
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Full Journal pdf2014-04-12 Senate Journal Page 2426 Senator Wielechowski offered Amendment No. 3 : Page 1, line 2, following "Authority;": Insert "requiring certain products used in construction contracts for the Knik Arm bridge to be made in the United States;" Page 6, following line 2: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 7. AS 19.75 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read: Sec. 19.75.900. Use of materials manufactured in the United States. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority shall include in a construction contract for the Knik Arm bridge entered into by the authority a provision under which the contractor agrees that steel, iron, and manufactured products with a total value greater than $5,000 used or supplied by the contractor and any subcontractors in the performance of the contract, including any subcontract, will be made in the United States. (b) A product shall be considered to be made in the United States under this section if (1) the components of the product are made primarily of iron or steel, and all manufacturing of the product takes place in the United States, except metallurgical processes involving the refinement of steel; or (2) the product is not made primarily of iron or steel, and all of (A) the manufacturing processes of the product take place in the United States; and (B) the components of the product are made in the United States, even if the subcomponents originate in another country. (c) Except as provided by (f) of this section, the authority may, on request of a contractor, request the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to waive the requirement in (a) of this section for a construction contract. The commissioner may grant the request if the commissioner determines that (1) the requirement is not consistent with the public interest;