[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1692 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1692

  To require public employees to perform the inspection of State and 
  local surface transportation projects, and related essential public 
     functions, to ensure public safety, the cost-effective use of 
          transportation funding, and timely project delivery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2015

Ms. Edwards (for herself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require public employees to perform the inspection of State and 
  local surface transportation projects, and related essential public 
     functions, to ensure public safety, the cost-effective use of 
          transportation funding, and timely project delivery.

    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 ``Safety, Efficiency, and 
Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC INSPECTION.

    Public employees shall carry out the construction inspection 
functions for all surface transportation projects receiving Federal 
funding.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Construction inspection functions.--The term 
        ``construction inspection functions'' means construction 
        engineering, contract administration, quality control 
        inspection, materials testing, and resident engineer and 
        assistant resident engineer functions.
            (2) Public employee.--The term ``public employee'' means an 
        employee of a Federal, State, or local government.
            (3) Surface transportation project.--The term ``surface 
        transportation project'' means a project receiving assistance 
        under title 23, United States Code, a capital project (as 
        defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code), and 
        any other project related to surface transportation that the 
        Secretary of Transportation determines appropriate.
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