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type: "LegalText"
title: "15 U.S.C. § 720i"
description: "Sense of Congress concerning use of steel manufactured in North America and negotiation of a project labor agreement"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
chapter_number: "15D"
chapter_name: "ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE"
section: "720i"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 720i"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 720i - Sense of Congress concerning use of steel manufactured in North America and negotiation of a project labor agreement

## Text

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1) an Alaska natural gas transportation project would provide significant economic benefits to the United States and Canada; and

(2) to maximize those benefits, the sponsors of the Alaska natural gas transportation project should make every effort to—

(A) use steel that is manufactured in North America; and

(B) negotiate a project labor agreement to expedite construction of the pipeline.

(Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 111, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1263.)