Subject: Re: Fwd:
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:27:09 -0400

That is my read - although the ARRA rules may require 100% components
compared to the 60% components.  This document doesn't accurately explain
that to my read.  There are apparently a few clarifying ruling on the
FTA/FRA websites which I haven't been able to find yet.  Also, I am not sure
the source of the funds for the current bid that Alstom and CAF are making
with Amtrak so I am not sure what that bid has to comply with.  You may know
that.

Key was finding out that 60% meant 60% of COST.

But bottom line is that this is all with DOT to decide.  Congress doesn't
have anything to do with it anymore.

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:16 AM, <[email-masked]> wrote:

> So current "Buy America" rule is 100% US Assembly of 60% US Content (ie.
> Cost of 60% of components must be more than cost of 60% of all components).
> This is the FTA rule Talgo originally operated under for Wisc deal.
>
> Clearly any steel or iron work under any relevant provision requires 100%
> American. ARRA requires 100% American steel, ion and manufactured goods. It
> doesn't seem to specify whether the purchase of a US manufactured product
> requires that product have 100% US made components.
>
> DOT can provide a waiver. I am certain they won't for Talgo at the moment.
> Why Antonio is writing to Oberstar is a mystery to me. The only way this
> gets fixed is thru Admin and DOT providing "conditional waivers" that
> require manufacturers to work towards 100% rule over a defined period of
> time.
>
> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
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> *From: * Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]>
> *Date: *Fri, 28 May 2010 08:47:05 -0400
> *To: *Hunter Biden<[email-masked]>; Michael Muldoon<
> [email-masked]>
> *Subject: *Fwd:
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> This doesn't answer all of our questions on the 100% Buy American rules
> regarding rail, but it is a very useful document that attempts to summarize
> it all and has a handy chart.
>
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> Date: Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:10 PM
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> http://apolloalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/buyamericabackground.pdf
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