HR 1019

1 State of Arkansas
2 95th General Assembly
3 Fiscal Session, 2026  HR 1019
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5 By: Representative Joey Carr
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8HOUSE RESOLUTION
9TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE NUCOR DAY AT THE STATE
10CAPITOL ON APRIL 15, 2026.
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14TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE NUCOR DAY AT
15THE STATE CAPITOL ON APRIL 15, 2026.
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17WHEREAS, Nucor Corporation is the largest steel and steel products
18 producer in the United States and the global leader in steelmaking
19 sustainability; and
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21WHEREAS, Nucor is the largest recycler of any type of material in North
22 America; and
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24WHEREAS, Nucor recycles approximately twenty million (20,000,000) tons
25 of ferrous scrap metal annually to produce new steel that is one hundred
26 percent (100%) recyclable; and
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28WHEREAS, by recycling scrap to make new steel, Nucor’s greenhouse gas
29 intensity is less than one-fourth (1/4) of the global steelmaking average and
30 one-fifth (1/5) of the intensity of a traditional blast furnace producer; and
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32WHEREAS, Nucor has been an important part of Arkansas’s economy since
33 1987 with the construction of its first steel mill in the state; and
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35WHEREAS, Nucor has steadily grown and invested in Arkansas, currently
36 operating five (5) facilities in the state:
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1(1) Nucor-Yamato in Mississippi County;
2(2) Nucor Steel Arkansas in Mississippi County;
3(3) Nucor Coatings Corporation in Mississippi County;
4(4) Nucor Skyline Armorel in Mississippi County; and
5(5) Centria in Grant County; and
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7WHEREAS, Nucor employs more than thirty-two thousand (32,000)
8 employees, known as teammates, working safely at over three hundred (300)
9 operating facilities in North America, with approximately two thousand seven
10 hundred seventy-two (2,772) teammates throughout Arkansas; and
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12WHEREAS, in thirty-nine (39) years of operations in Arkansas, Nucor has
13 had a practice of never laying off a single teammate at its steel mills and
14 Nucor teammates all share in the success of the company; and
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16WHEREAS, the median pay for Nucor’s production teammates over the last
17 three (3) years has averaged more than one hundred thousand dollars
18 ($100,000) per year; and
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20WHEREAS, to reinforce its culture, the majority of Nucor’s teammates
21 below the officer level are treated as if they are owners of the company,
22 historically receiving ten percent (10%) of Nucor’s earnings in a profit-
23 sharing plan in addition to their salary; and
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25WHEREAS, Nucor has invested more than one billion dollars
26 ($1,000,000,000) in its Arkansas steel mills in the last five (5) years to
27 modernize and upgrade the capabilities of the facilities; and
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29WHEREAS, the western hemisphere’s largest beams are produced at Nucor-
30 Yamato Steel and Arkansas-made steel can be found in iconic American
31 structures such as the One World Trade Center, the world-renowned Donald W.
32 Reynolds Razorback Stadium, and the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium;
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35WHEREAS, Nucor is committed to education in Arkansas, offering all
36 Nucor teammates and their dependents a scholarship in the amount of four
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1 thousand dollars ($4,000) per year for college or vocational school, which
2 nationwide has amounted to more than one hundred fifteen million dollars
3 ($115,000,000) awarded to nearly twenty-five thousand (25,000) children since
4 the program’s inception in 1974, with nearly twelve million dollars
5 ($12,000,000) awarded in Arkansas,
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7 NOW THEREFORE,
8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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11      THAT the House of Representatives recognize and celebrate Nucor Day at
12 the State Capitol Building on April 15, 2026.
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14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be
15 transmitted to the Chief Executive Officer of Nucor Corporation by the Chief
16 Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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