PRINTER'S NO. 1366
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1043
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, ARGALL, MASTRIANO, PHILLIPS-HILL, MARTIN,
MENSCH, J. WARD, HUTCHINSON, PITTMAN, YUDICHAK AND DiSANTO,
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 3, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled "An
act to promote the general welfare and stimulate the economy
of the Commonwealth by requiring that all public bodies,
including the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, and
all authorities, include in all contracts for construction,
reconstruction, alteration, repair, improvement or
maintenance of improvements of a permanent or temporary
nature, a provision that if any steel products are to be used
in the performance of the contract only steel products
produced in the United States shall be used, and imposing
liability for violation of this act," further providing for
payments under contracts by requiring centralized portal for
electronic submission of documentation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6,
No.3), known as the Steel Products Procurement Act, is amended
by adding a subsection to read:
Section 5. * * *
(a.1) A public agency shall create a centralized portal to
allow for the electronic submission of the documentation
required under subsection (a). A person under a contract
containing the provision required by section 4 may submit the
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documentation required under subsection (a) to the centralized
portal when the person obtains the unidentified steel products
under the contract. After the initial submission of the
documentation required under subsection (a), the person under
the contract may use the unidentifiable steel products in future
projects if the person submits a certification to the public
agency that the person previously submitted the documentation
required under subsection (a) for the steel products.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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