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<br /> <br /> IPR Appendix | February 2021 Page F-13 <br />Encouraged Use of Certain Products Produced in the United States <br />Pursuant to Executive Order 13858 “Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure <br />Projects,” FEMA encourages non-federal entities under this grant program to use, to the greatest extent <br />practicable and consistent with the law, iron and aluminum as well as steel, cement, and other <br />manufactured products produced in the United States, in projects funded by an award under this grant <br />program affecting surface transportation, including roadways, bridges, railroads, and transit; aviation; <br />ports, including navigational channels; water resources projects; energy production, generation, and <br />storage, including from fossil-fuels, renewable, nuclear, and hydroelectric sources; electricity <br />transmission; gas, oil, and propane storage and transmission; electric, oil, natural gas, and propane <br />distribution systems; broadband internet; pipelines; stormwater and sewer infrastructure; drinking water <br />infrastructure; and cybersecurity. Notwithstanding this encouragement, non-federal entities must take care <br />that all procurements and contract actions are consistent with law, this Manual and applicable appendices, <br />the grant program’s NOFO, and the federal procurement standards at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-200.326. <br /> <br />