IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 36 

Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that 

benefits all Americans, not just billionaires. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2019 

Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mr. CRIST, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, 

Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT

ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARBAJAL, 

Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARKE of 

New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. CRAIG, Mrs. 

DAVIS of California, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 

FRANKEL, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, 

Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, 

Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE of California, 

Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, 

Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 

NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 

Mr. RYAN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SIRES, 

Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of 

California, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. VELA, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 

WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure 


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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure 

package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires. 

Whereas the Nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, and schools, 

unsafe drinking water facilities, and outdated energy systems are in need of major transformation, and a plan is 

needed to rebuild the Nation and create millions of good 

jobs; 

Whereas the Nation’s taxpayers should not subsidize billionaires and Wall Street banks that will profit from 

privatizing roads, bridges, drinking water and sanitation 

systems, and utilities; 

Whereas any investment in the Nation’s roads and bridges 

must support the repair and rehabilitation of existing assets, improve resilience to more extreme weather, and 

support targeted expansions to reduce congestion, improve air quality, and enable job growth; 

Whereas the Nation must ensure that every child who attends 

a public school has safe facilities that contribute to a 

high-quality education, and therefore the Nation must invest to construct, renovate, repair, and modernize its 

schools; 

Whereas direct public investment in the United States public 

transportation network can meet the Nation’s infrastructure needs without selling off roads and bridges to private investors and foreign entities; 

Whereas any clean water initiative must prioritize investment 

in communities most in need, ensure safe drinking water 

for millions of Americans, and protect the Nation’s rivers, lakes, and oceans; 


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Whereas any public investment in high-speed internet facilities must ensure that this increasingly essential resource 

is available to all Americans through direct funding, tax 

credits for low-income workers, and investments in 

broadband to promote economic development, public safety, and a vibrant quality of life; 

Whereas any investments made to update Federal Aviation 

Administration facilities and United States ports, waterways, dams, and levees should ensure that these entities 

remain public, improve security, and facilitate commerce; 

Whereas public investment to repair and upgrade the more 

than 1,800 Veterans Affairs facilities is critical to ensure 

that every veteran has access to quality institutions and 

state-of-the-art treatment; 

Whereas any investment plan should prioritize creating millions of living-wage jobs for struggling communities and 

especially for people of color, women, and individuals in 

high-poverty areas; 

Whereas any public investment in Federal funding to public 

lands should be directed through Federal land management agencies that would strengthen the Nation’s outdoor industry and ensure that public lands are widely enjoyed by Americans for generations to come and are not 

sold off to private entities or foreign governments; 

Whereas true public investment also includes investment in 

Tribal transportation, Indian Health Service facilities, 

and Bureau of Indian Education schools to promote job 

creation in Indian country where community members 

have had to make do with substandard services for generations; 


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Whereas public investment should aim to build resilient communities and infrastructure protection to ensure that the 

Nation’s infrastructure can withstand cyber attacks, 

physical attacks, and the extreme weather events caused 

by climate change; 

Whereas a genuine infrastructure agenda should not sell or 

lease roads, water systems, or other essential infrastructure facilities, resulting in new tolls and user fees on 

working families; 

Whereas we cannot leave essential rural infrastructure in disrepair simply because it would not generate profits for 

private investors; 

Whereas public investment to repair and upgrade the Nation’s public housing and assisted housing stock is critical 

to address the Nation’s dire rental and affordable housing crisis; 

Whereas government spending on infrastructure as a share of 

the economy has fallen to a 2-decade low, and yet for 

every $1 in government investment the Nation’s economy 

would gain $1.70 back through greater employment and 

efficiency; and 

Whereas in its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates approximately 

$4.6 trillion in infrastructure needs over 10 years, of 

which $2.06 trillion does not have funding: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that any in3 frastructure plan passed by Congress must— 


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1 (1) invest in creating millions of new jobs 

2 through investments in roads, bridges, and 21st cen3 tury projects; 

4 (2) prioritize public investment over corporate 

5 giveaways and selling off public goods; 

6 (3) ensure that direct public investment, with7 out reliance on private investors, provides the over8 whelming majority of the funding for infrastructure 

9 improvement, so that public investments advance the 

10 public good; 

11 (4) prioritize racial and gender equity and envi12 ronmental justice; 

13 (5) embrace 21st century clean energy jobs, in14 cluding expanding solar and wind power, promoting 

15 energy efficiency, and modernizing the energy grid, 

16 while avoiding support for projects that promote fos17 sil fuel use and hasten the disastrous effects of cli18 mate change; 

19 (6) include expanded Buy America provisions, 

20 protect and encourage the use of project labor agree21 ments, require the use of Davis-Bacon prevailing 

22 wage standards, include strong local-hiring and vet23 eran-hiring requirements, ensure racial and gender 

24 equity in hiring, and guarantee that disadvantaged 


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1 communities most in need, including both urban and 

2 rural communities, receive priority; 

3 (7) ensure the wealthiest Americans and profit4 able corporations who reap the greatest economic 

5 benefit from public goods pay what they owe and 

6 pay their fair share for key investments moving for7 ward; 

8 (8) ensure that investments are not paid for at 

9 the expense of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, 

10 or any other vital program; 

11 (9) not weaken or repeal existing laws or rules 

12 protecting the air, water, or environment, transpor13 tation safety, civil rights, worker safety, prevailing 

14 wage standards, or minority contractor provisions; 

15 and 

16 (10) prioritize resilient infrastructure that can 

17 withstand natural disasters, as well as physical and 

18 cyber attacks. 

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