Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 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.