Putting my interior back

Looking to figure out where this part lives

 

I completely switched the charcoal interior from my 2001 DC for the oak interior on my keeper 2003. I don't recall that piece! I gotta check my images -- maybe something like the airbag mount or something.

 

Here's a nearly complete disassembled image of my instrument panel. I don't see anything like that bracket you're questioning. Lemme check some more...

 

Nope. I don't have a bracket that looks like that in any of the interior I got into. But I didn't take out the AC evaporator. Did you get in that deep, @xitsjacob? Maybe it's due to a difference between Gen 1 and Gen 1.5 trucks, too.

 

IMO
Bc of that clip on one end of the bracket, it slips into place
Most likely a protective steel cover of some kind. Possibly to prevent passenger’s feet from hitting something?