WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) – Congress members are reaching across the political aisle to try and strengthen the American steel industry.
On Wednesday (July 29, 2021), four House members introduced the Steel Industry Preservation Act, which centers on a tax credit for the recycling of waste products in steel manufacturing.
Zeeland Congressman Bill Huizenga, one of the co-sponsors of this bill, says that, if signed into law, the legislation would give the domestic steel industry a needed shot in the arm and helps the environment as well.
“This is a good faith effort to try and say, ‘OK, how can we create a better atmosphere?’” he said on “WHTC Morning News” during his weekly interview on Thursday. “This is using recycled steel and having it come back in and stay here in the United States, rather than shipping it out overseas and having it remanufactured over there. We want to do it here in the United States and consume it here in the United States.”
This is the second try for Congressional passage of this legislation, as a similar Steel Preservation Act introduced two years ago died in the House Ways and Means Committee. Huizenga had been a co-sponsor of that bill then, and he is joined in this effort by three other Congress members from Pennsylvania – fellow Republican Mike Kelly and Democrats Mike Doyle and Conor Lamb.
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