# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 17. Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions

### Subtitle 3. Steel Procurement for Public Works

#### Section 17-301

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "American steel product" means a product that is:

  (1) produced from steel made in any state by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel making process; and

  (2) rolled, forged, drawn, cast, extruded, or otherwise similarly processed.

(c) "Public body" means:

  (1) the State;

  (2) a unit of the State government; or

  (3) a county, municipal corporation, school or conservation district, or other governmental entity that, by State law, awards contracts for public construction or other public work.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)