The Highway Bridge Improvement Restricted Account within the Motor License Fund is hereby continued. It is the declared policy of the Commonwealth that the money raised by the taxes deposited into this account be used, to the greatest extent possible, to provide for the creation of jobs and the rehiring of the unemployed in this Commonwealth. In order to reach this goal, firms with Pennsylvania-based facilities shall be actively solicited to make bids on contracts to furnish products and materials, including, but not limited to, steel and steel products, to be used in the projects funded through the Highway Bridge Improvement Restricted Account.