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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4379 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4379

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to require contractors and 
subcontractors working on military construction projects to comply with 
 licensing requirements for employees working at the project location.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2009

 Mr. Langevin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to require contractors and 
subcontractors working on military construction projects to comply with 
 licensing requirements for employees working at the project location.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS WORKING ON 
              MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND 
              LOCAL WORKFORCE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Requirement.--Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2855 the following 
new section:
``Sec. 2855a. Application of State and local workforce licensing 
              requirements to military construction projects
    ``(a) Application of Requirements.--As a condition of each contract 
awarded in connection with a military construction project or a 
military family housing project, the Secretary concerned shall require 
the contractor (and any subcontractor of the contractor) to comply with 
workforce licensing requirements imposed by the State and other 
jurisdictions in which the project is conducted for all employees of 
the contractor and subcontractors who work at the project location.
    ``(b) Exception.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
application of subsection (a) to a military construction project or a 
military family housing project, on a case-by-case basis, in the 
interest of national security.
    ``(c) Waiver of Sovereign Immunity.--The requirements of this 
section shall apply notwithstanding any immunity of the Secretary 
concerned or officers, agents, or employees of the Department of 
Defense under any law or rule of law.
    ``(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' means any 
of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2855 the following new item:

``2855a. Application of State and local workforce licensing 
                            requirements to military construction 
                            projects.''.
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