4. Restriction on Acquisition of Carbon, Alloy, and Armor Steel Plate

Comment: Some respondents cited the additional restriction on armor steel plate in DFARS 252.225-7030, which requires armor plate to be "melted and rolled in the United States or Canada" to support their request to remove the terms "quenching and tempering" from the definition of "produce." They cited the annual Defense appropriations acts that since 1972 have contained language that armor plate for DoD procurements must be "melted and rolled in the United States or Canada."

DoD Response: The Defense appropriations act restriction on the acquisition of steel plate as an end product for use in a Government-owned facility or a facility under the control of DoD is not pertinent to the interpretation of "melted or produced" for purposes of acquisition of specialty metals in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2533b because 10 U.S.C. 2533b applies to manufactured products for all specialty metals in contrast to the DFARS clause restricting steel plate that is "melted and rolled."