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House
File
687
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
687
BY
BAGNIEWSKI
,
MADISON
,
CROKEN
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
AMOS
JR.
,
SRINIVAS
,
GOSA
,
KURTH
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
COOLING
,
WILBURN
,
JAMES
,
B.
MEYER
,
KRESSIG
,
JACOBY
,
TUREK
,
SCHEETZ
,
BAETH
,
EHLERT
,
OLSON
,
SCHOLTEN
,
and
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
projects
involving
state
moneys
or
tax
1
credits.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
8A.311C
Contracts
——
state
moneys
1
or
tax
credits.
2
A
contract
for
a
project
that
is
funded
with
state
moneys
3
or
tax
credits
shall
contain
a
provision
requiring
that
only
4
a
product
or
material
manufactured
in
the
United
States
be
5
purchased
for
the
project
if
it
is
possible
to
do
so.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
administrative
services
10
must
give
preference
to
purchasing
American-made
products
and
11
purchases
from
American-based
businesses
if
the
life
cycle
12
costs
are
comparable
to
those
of
products
sold
by
foreign
13
businesses.
In
addition,
as
a
condition
of
receiving
an
annual
14
appropriation
relating
to
state
government
administration
and
15
regulation,
an
entity
receiving
the
appropriation
must
give
16
first
preference
when
purchasing
a
product
to
an
Iowa
product
17
or
a
product
produced
by
an
Iowa-based
business,
and
second
18
preference
to
a
United
States
product
or
a
product
produced
19
by
a
business
based
in
the
United
States.
This
bill
requires
20
that
a
contract
for
a
project
funded
with
state
moneys
or
tax
21
credits
must
include
a
provision
requiring
only
products
and
22
materials
manufactured
in
the
United
States
be
purchased
for
23
the
project
if
it
is
possible
to
do
so.
24
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