[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4309 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4309

To require a local hiring preference for certain defense contracts and 
   subcontracts performed in or near labor surplus areas and closing 
                            military bases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1994

  Mr. Hamburg (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. 
  Farr of California, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a local hiring preference for certain defense contracts and 
   subcontracts performed in or near labor surplus areas and closing 
                            military bases.

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

SECTION 1. LOCAL HIRING PREFERENCE FOR CONTRACTS PERFORMED NEAR LABOR 
              SURPLUS AREAS AND CLOSING MILITARY BASES.

    (a) Contracts Covered.--Each contract entered into by the 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 1995 for construction services 
to be performed in whole or in part in a labor surplus area (or within 
30 miles of such an area) and within 30 miles of a military 
installation approved for closure or realignment under a base closure 
law, and each subcontract under such a contract, shall include the 
provision described in subsection (b).
    (b) Requirement.--Each contract and subcontract described in 
subsection (a) shall include a provision requiring the contractor or 
subcontractor to employ, for the purpose of performing such contract or 
subcontract, individuals--
            (1) who are residents of such labor surplus area or the 
        county in which such labor surplus area is located; and
            (2) who possess or would be able to acquire promptly the 
        necessary skills for any craft or trade needed to perform the 
        contract or subcontract.
    (c) Waiver Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
requirements of this section for a contract or subcontract covered by 
this section if the Secretary determines that requiring the provision 
described in subsection (b) in the contract or subcontract is 
inconsistent with the national security objectives of the United 
States.
    (2) The Secretary of Defense may allow a contractor of a contract 
or subcontract covered by this section to make an exception to the 
requirement of subsection (b)(1) in the case of a particular craft or 
trade needed to perform the contract or subcontract if there is no 
individual residing or available for hire in the labor surplus area or 
county who possesses the skills for that craft or trade.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``base closure law'' 
means the following:
            (1) The provisions of title II of the Defense Authorization 
        Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 
        100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
            (2) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
        (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
        note).

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