Senator Grooms proposes the following amendment (SR-4709.CEM0002S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 11-35-5350(D) and inserting:

 (D)(1) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall develop guidelines and procedures by rule to implement this section. The rules must be implemented consistent with federal policies implementing the American iron and steel preference law applied to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(4)(C).
  (2) The rules shall include authorizing the head of public procurement unit to undertake an independent investigation regarding a claim that the price of iron or steel products produced in the United States is unreasonable. However, the price of any iron or steel product produced in the United States is not unreasonable if the price does not exceed the sum of the price of a similar iron or steel product of foreign origin plus a differential of twenty-five percent of the price of the iron or steel product of foreign origin. The head of the public procurement unit must submit the final investigation to State Fiscal Accountability Authority's Chief Procurement Officer for determination. A determination may be appealed to the SFAS if requested by the head of a public procurement unit.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.