Rhode Island General Laws Title 37. Public Property and Works § 37-2.1-5. Definitions

(1) “ Person” means natural persons as well as corporations, partnerships, business units, and associations;

(2) “ Public agency” means any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;

(3) “ Public works” means steel to construct, frame or reinforce any public structure, building, highway, waterway, street, bridge, transit system, airport, or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a permanent or temporary nature, and whether for governmental or proprietary use;

(4) “ Steel products” means products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn, extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise similarly processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of these operations, from steel made in the United States by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel making process; and

(5) “ United States” means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.