A bill mandating the use of American-made iron and steel made for state-funded road and construction work passed almost unanimously, then was signed into law in June.
AAM in comments to the department: Targeted waivers are sometimes appropriate, but the tools to put the Build America, Buy America Act into action are already in hand.
A pair of senators have introduced legislation that would scrutinize the compliance issues for rules governing federally assisted infrastructure contracts.
Michigan included this pigment in its Buy America rules for transportation spending last year. And bills to add it to federal rules have been introduced.