,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aedc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjai,mr4 
,stauber 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4
 ,crawford1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 ,mr4 ,guest1
 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,duffy1  
,mr4 ,fortenberry1 and ,mr4 ,bost7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require the procurement of iron and     
steel products from ,american sources1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,american ,workers for ,security ,act of
 #bjai4  #b4 ,requirement to buy steel  
from ,american sources  7a7 ,in general 
,no funds appropriated or otherwise     
available may be used by a head of an   
entity of the ,federal ,government for  
the procurement of a steel or iron      
product for the purpose of building a   
physical barrier along the land border  
with ,mexico if the steel or iron       
product is not produced in the ,united  

,states unless the head of the entity   
concerned determines that--  7#a7 the   
procurement of such a steel or iron     
product produced in the ,united         
,states-- 7,a7 is inconsistent with a   
public interest or defense interest2 or 
7,b7 would increase the cost of building
 a physical barrier along the land      
border with ,mexico by more than #be    
percent2 or  7#b7 no such steel or iron 
product produced in the ,united ,states 
is available4  7b7 ,produced in the     
,united ,states ,for the purposes of    
subsection 7a71 a steel or iron product 
shall be considered produced in the     
,united ,states if the manufacturing of 
that product1 from the initial melting  
stage through the application of        
coatings1 occurred wholly in the ,united
 ,states4