[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 687 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 687

     To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage 
 requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-
      aid highway and public transportation construction projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2009

 Ms. Foxx (for herself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Pitts, and Mr. 
 Hensarling) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage 
 requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-
      aid highway and public transportation construction projects.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Repeals.--The following provisions are repealed:
            (1) Section 113 of title 23, United States Code (and the 
        item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 1 of 
        such title).
            (2) Section 5333(a) of title 49, United States Code.
    (b) Applicability.--
            (1) Effective date.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 31st 
        day following the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Existing contracts.--The amendments made by this 
        section shall not affect any contract in existence on the date 
        of enactment of this Act or made pursuant to an invitation for 
        bids outstanding on such date of enactment.
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