[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4005 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4005

 To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to allow local hiring 
                      for transportation projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2015

 Ms. Bass (for herself, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. 
  Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Schiff, and Ms. Maxine 
Waters of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to allow local hiring 
                      for transportation 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 ``Local Hire Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

    Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Local Hiring.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, a State may establish local hiring bid specifications or 
        consider the hiring of local workers in the evaluation of bids 
        and proposals for a project under this title.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `local' means the geographic boundaries of a local area, 
        as defined by the contracting agency, in which the project is 
        located.''.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

    Section 5325 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(l) Local Hiring.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, a recipient of assistance under this chapter may establish 
        local hiring bid specifications or consider local hiring in the 
        evaluation of bids and proposals for a project under this 
        chapter.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `local' means the geographic boundaries of a local area, 
        as defined by the contracting agency, in which the project is 
        located.''.
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