[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1099 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1099

  To require construction inspection functions be conducted by public 
                   employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2019

 Mr. Serrano (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Miss Gonzalez-Colon 
of Puerto Rico, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require construction inspection functions be conducted by public 
                   employees, and for other purposes.

    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 2019''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF PROJECTS.

    Section 112(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Construction inspection services.--
                            ``(i) Limitation.--ln carrying out a 
                        project under this section, public employees 
                        shall perform construction inspection 
                        functions.
                            ``(ii) Construction inspection functions 
                        defined.--In this subparagraph, the term 
                        `construction inspection functions' includes 
                        construction engineering, contract 
                        administration, on-site quality control 
                        inspection, materials testing, and resident 
                        engineer and assistant resident engineer 
                        functions responsible for the acceptance or 
                        rejection of the work.
                            ``(iii) Exception.--If a State 
                        transportation department or other public 
                        agency project sponsor does not have adequate 
                        existing or obtainable staff to perform the 
                        construction inspection functions, then the 
                        agency may utilize temporary consultant 
                        contracts for these services until such staff 
                        can be obtained.
                            ``(iv) Time period.--Any temporary 
                        contracts to provide construction inspection 
                        services under this subparagraph shall not 
                        exceed the period that ends on the date that is 
                        12 months after the date of contract award.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Construction inspection services.--Public 
                employees shall perform the construction inspection 
                functions on all design-build projects. Such inspection 
                functions shall be subject to the requirements of 
                paragraph (2)(G).''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(v) Construction inspection services.--Public 
                employees shall perform the construction inspection 
                functions on all projects that use a 2-phase contract. 
                Such functions shall be subject to the requirements of 
                paragraph (2)(G).''.
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