[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3236 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3236

To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize a State to include 
  in highway construction contracts a guaranty or warranty clause for 
                       materials and workmanship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1993

Mr. Beilenson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize a State to include 
  in highway construction contracts a guaranty or warranty clause for 
                       materials and workmanship.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GUARANTY AND WARRANTY CLAUSES.

    Section 114 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) Guaranty and Warranty Clauses.--A State highway department 
may, in accordance with standards developed by the Secretary, include a 
clause in a contract for the construction of a Federal-aid highway 
which requires the contractor to guarantee or warrant materials and 
workmanship. Any such clause shall apply to a specific construction 
product or feature and may not provide for routine maintenance.''.

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