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Presidential Documents

Memorandum of January 24, 2017

Construction of American Pipelines

Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce

The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with all relevant executive

departments and agencies, shall develop a plan under which all new pipe-
lines, as well as retrofitted, repaired, or expanded pipelines, inside the
borders of the United States, including portions of pipelines, use materials
and equipment produced in the United States, to the maximum extent
possible and to the extent permitted by law. The Secretary shall submit
the plan to the President within 180 days of the date of this memorandum.
Produced in the United States shall mean:
(i) With regard to iron or steel products, that all manufacturing processes
for such iron or steel products, from the initial melting stage through
the application of coatings, occurred in the United States.
(ii) Steel or iron material or products manufactured abroad from semi-
finished steel or iron from the United States are not produced in the
United States for purposes of this memorandum.
(iii) Steel or iron material or products manufactured in the United States
from semi-finished steel or iron of foreign origin are not produced in
the United States for purposes of this memorandum.
The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, January 24, 2017
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