PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2065                      PRINTER'S NO. 2586

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1636 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, MORRIS, RYBAK, KOWALYSHYN, PETRARCA,
           GALLAGHER, ANGSTADT, HALUSKA, WOZNIAK, GRUPPO, DeWEESE,
           ALDERETTE, WAMBACH, BOOK, DALEY, PETRONE, PISTELLA, SEVENTY,
           LESCOVITZ, DeLUCA, E. Z. TAYLOR, ITKIN, MAIALE, VAN HORNE,
           PRATT, VROON, FISCHER, MICHLOVIC, PRESTON, SALVATORE AND
           KASUNIC, OCTOBER 25, 1983

        AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, HOUSE OF
           REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 22, 1984

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled "An
     2     act to promote the general welfare and stimulate the economy
     3     of the Commonwealth by requiring that all public bodies,
     4     including the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, and
     5     all authorities, include in all contracts for construction,
     6     reconstruction, alteration, repair, improvement or
     7     maintenance of improvements of a permanent or temporary
     8     nature, a provision that if any steel products are to be used
     9     in the performance of the contract only steel products
    10     produced in the United States shall be used, and imposing
    11     liability for violation of this act," further defining steel
    12     products to include machinery and equipment.

    13     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    14  hereby enacts as follows:
    15     Section 1.  The definition of "steel products" in section 6,
    16  of the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel
    17  Products Procurement Act, amended June 18, 1982 (P.L.556,
    18  No.161), is amended to read:
    19     Section 6.  The following words and phrases when used in this
    20  act shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,


     1  the meanings given to them in this section:
     2     * * *
     3     "Steel products."  Products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn,
     4  extruded, forged, cast, fabricated or otherwise similarly
     5  processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of such
     6  operations, from steel made in the United States by the open
     7  hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer or other steel
     8  making process and shall include cast iron products and shall
     9  include machinery and equipment made of, fabricated from, or
    10  containing steel components when the contract amount for such
    11  machinery and equipment is in excess of $25,000. IF A PRODUCT     <--
    12  CONTAINS BOTH FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES STEEL, SUCH PRODUCT
    13  SHALL BE DETERMINED TO BE A UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCT.
    14     * * *
    15     Section 2.  This act shall not apply to any contract awarded
    16  pursuant to an invitation for bids issued on or before the
    17  effective date of this act.
    18     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.








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