[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR661.5]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 661_BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS_SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT 
OF 1982, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 661.5  General requirements.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 661.7 and Sec. 661.11 of this part, 
no funds may be obligated by FTA for a grantee project unless all iron, 
steel, and manufactured products used in the project are produced in the 
United States.
    (b) All steel and iron manufacturing processes must take place in 
the United States, except metallurgical processes involving refinement 
of steel additives.
    (c) The steel and iron requirements apply to all construction 
materials made primarily of steel or iron and used in infrastructure 
projects such as transit or maintenance facilities, rail lines, and 
bridges. These items include, but are not limited to, structural steel 
or iron, steel or iron beams and columns, running rail and contact rail. 
These requirements do not apply to steel or iron used as components or 
subcomponents of other manufactured products or rolling stock.
    (d) For a manufactured product to be considered produced in the 
United States:
    (1) All of the manufacturing processes for the product must take 
place in the United States; and
    (2) All of the components of the product must be of U.S. origin. A 
component is considered of U.S. origin if it is manufactured in the 
United States, regardless of the origin of its subcomponents.

[61 FR 6302, Feb. 16, 1996]