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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | April 21, 2016 01:42 PM |
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| From: | Senator Scott E. Hutchinson and Sen. Donald C. White |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Steel Procurement Act Revision |
| In the near future I intend to introduce legislation to simplify the process required to use products made from domestic recycled steel in public works projects. The legislation would amend the Steel Procurement Act (Act 3 of 1978). Because of our state’s industrial history, Pennsylvania is home to many tons of discarded steel. Instead of letting the steel rust away in scrap yards, this steel can be recycled and put to beneficial use for public works projects. For example, unused steel railroad rails can be reformed into signposts for highway signs. However, the documentation requirements of the Steel Procurement Act pose a substantial barrier to the use of domestic recycled steel for public works projects. Much of the act’s required documentation for the scrap steel no longer exists. For example, mill certificates cannot be found for steel mills that closed 70 years ago. This legislation would clarify the process by amending the Steel Procurement Act to permit the use of steel products made from recycled steel if the steel was rerolled and the product was manufactured in the United States. The original purpose of the Steel Procurement Act was to support the domestic steel industry. This legislation furthers that goal by extending the act to include products made by domestic steel mills that use recycled steel. A companion bill will be introduced in the House. If you have any questions regarding this legislation, please contact Nathan Akers in my office at 787-9684 or nakers@pasen.gov or Carlton Logue at 787-8724 or clogue@pasen.gov. |
Introduced as SB1222