I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6693 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to require certain contractors to 
meet a requirement with respect to registered apprenticeship programs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 31, 2018 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself and Ms. JACKSON LEE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to require certain 
contractors to meet a requirement with respect to reg-
istered apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping America Re- 
Develop High-Quality Accessible Training Act’’ or the 
‘‘HARD HAT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM RE-
QUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTORS. 
(a) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM RE-
QUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 6310. Registered apprenticeship program require-
ment for certain contractors 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An executive agency may not 
award a covered construction contract to a contractor, un-
less such contractor agrees to require at least 20 percent 
of the non-management employees of such contractor to 
complete, or be enrolled in, a registered apprenticeship 
program as of the date on which construction under the 
contract begins. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE CONTRACTS.—In 
the case of an executive agency that awards a covered con-
struction contract to a contractor that makes the agree-
ment described in subsection (a), such agency shall, to the 
extent practicable, take into consideration the percentage 
of non-management employees of such contractor that 
complete a registered apprenticeship program pursuant to 
the agreement described in such subsection before award-
ing any subsequent covered construction contract to such 
contractor. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT.— 
The term ‘covered construction contract’— 
‘‘(A) means a contract in an amount ex-
ceeding $1,500,000 for — 
‘‘(i) the construction or resurfacing of 
highways, roads, streets, bridges, or rail-
ways; or 
‘‘(ii) the construction of— 
‘‘(I) tunnels or other subsurface 
structures; 
‘‘(II) sewage and waste facilities; 
‘‘(III) waste treatment and stor-
age facilities; or 
‘‘(IV) public buildings (as defined 
in section 3301 of title 40); and 
‘‘(B) does not include any contract for con-
struction or resurfacing outside the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 
agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 
102 of title 40. 
‘‘(3) 
REGISTERED
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘registered apprenticeship pro-
gram’ means a program registered under the Act of 
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