H.R. No. 2552       R E S O L U T I O N          BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of   Texas, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That House Rule 13,   Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,   Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to   resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1289 (the purchase of iron   and steel products made in the United States for certain   governmental entity projects) to consider and take action on the   following matters:          (1)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit   the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the   house or senate version of the bill by adding, in SECTION 1 of the   bill, the following:          Sec. 2252.2025.  REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1,   2018, the Texas Water Development Board shall electronically submit   to the state auditor a report on all contracts for construction of a   project that received financial assistance under Chapter 15, 16, or   17, Water Code, during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017.   The report must include:                (1)  the impacts on a political subdivision that has   obtained or applied for financial assistance from the board under   Chapter 15, 16, or 17, Water Code; and                (2)  for each project that has obtained financial   assistance as described by this subsection:                      (A)  the country of origin of the iron and steel   products used in the project, in accordance with 19 U.S.C. Section   1304;                      (B)  the cost and quantity of all iron and steel   products received from each country of origin for the project; and                      (C)  any related bond information, including the   credit rating of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds issued   by the board to finance or refinance projects included in the state   water plan and the potential impact to that credit rating as a   result of the bond issuance by the board.          (b)  The state auditor shall prepare a summary on the report   submitted under Subsection (a) and electronically submit the   summary to the legislature not later than January 1, 2019.          (c)  This section expires September 1, 2019.          Explanation: The change is necessary to require the Texas   Water Development Board to electronically submit to the state   auditor a report on all contracts for construction of projects that   received financial assistance from the board under Chapter 15, 16,   or 17, Water Code, during the state fiscal year ending August 31,   2017, and to require the state auditor to submit to the legislature   a summary of that report.          (2)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit   the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION   6(b) of the bill, in the transition provisions of the bill, to read   as follows:          (b)  Subchapter F, Chapter 2252, Government Code, as added by   this Act, does not apply to a project as described by Section 15.432   or 15.472, Water Code, that the Texas Water Development Board has   formally approved for financial assistance. In this subsection,   the term "formally approved" means any project that is the subject   of a resolution approving an application for financial assistance   adopted by the Texas Water Development Board before May 1, 2019, for   any portion of the financing of the project.          Explanation: The change is necessary to extend the time   before certain contracts are subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 2252,   Government Code, as added by the Act, to allow the Texas Water   Development Board to submit the report and the state auditor to   submit the summary required by Section 2252.2025, Government Code,   as added by the Act.     Paddie     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 2552 was adopted by the House on May   27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 32, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House