I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4101 
To establish an expansive infrastructure program to create local jobs and 
raise the quality of life in every community, to launch middle class 
career pathways in infrastructure, and to invest in high-quality American 
jobs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MOORE, Ms. MENG, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. DANNY 
K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. VARGAS, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 
Agriculture, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Natural Re-
sources, Homeland Security, and Small Business, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish an expansive infrastructure program to create 
local jobs and raise the quality of life in every commu-
nity, to launch middle class career pathways in infra-
structure, and to invest in high-quality American jobs, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Build Local, Hire Local Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—CREATING JOBS AND RAISING THE QUALITY OF LIFE 
IN EVERY COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Creating Local Jobs Across the Country 
Sec. 111. Targeted hiring requirements for construction jobs created by covered 
infrastructure programs. 
Sec. 112. Compliance with court orders. 
Subtitle B—Rebuilding Our Infrastructure With American Business 
Sec. 121. Definitions. 
Sec. 122. Increasing meaningful small business participation. 
Sec. 123. Requiring meaningful participation from targeted businesses. 
Sec. 124. Compliance with court orders. 
Sec. 125. Expansion of Small Business Administration Surety Bond Program. 
Subtitle C—Encouraging the Use of U.S. Employment Plans and Best-Value 
Contracting Analysis 
Sec. 131. Creating a best-value analysis for Federal expenditures on infrastruc-
ture, use of U.S. Employment Plans, and preferences for reg-
istered apprenticeship programs and neutrality in union orga-
nizing. 
Subtitle D—Improving Safety, Connectivity, and Access to Better 
Opportunities 
Sec. 141. Accessibility data program. 
Sec. 142. Establishment of performance measures for transportation accessi-
bility. 
Sec. 143. Technical assistance program. 
Sec. 144. Connect Communities Program. 
TITLE II—LAUNCHING MIDDLE CLASS CAREER PATHWAYS IN 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 201. Building American Infrastructure and Careers Program. 
Sec. 202. Infrastructure workforce equity capacity building program. 
Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—INVESTING IN HIGH-QUALITY AMERICAN JOBS 
Sec. 301. Wage rate. 
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Sec. 302. Raise labor standards, improve working conditions, and strengthen 
workers’ bargaining power. 
Sec. 303. Buy America Bureau. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) infrastructure plays a vital role in the lives 
of all people in the United States; 
(2) the aging infrastructure of the United 
States is in need of a significant investment to re-
pair, rebuild, and modernize, and in the process, the 
Federal Government can take necessary steps to ad-
dress economic and racial injustices that have lim-
ited opportunities for far too many people of the 
United States; 
(3) decades of disinvestment and exclusionary 
policies have isolated many people of color, low-in-
come people, and disabled individuals in the United 
States from opportunity across the urban centers, 
deindustrialized cities, rural regions, and Tribal 
areas of the United States, including horribly inad-
equate investment to ensure universal access to 
clean air and water, safe and reliable transportation, 
affordable housing, quality living wage jobs, high- 
speed internet, modernized schools, and parks and 
community facilities; 
(4) while the construction of the National High-
way System remains one of the most transformative 
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achievements in the history of the United States, it 
came at the expense of many low-income commu-
nities as well as minority neighborhoods of all in-
come levels that were destroyed by the construction 
and isolated from the broader community and from 
economic opportunity; 
(5) investing in repairing, rebuilding, and mod-
ernizing the infrastructure of the United States pre-
sents an opportunity to learn from the mistakes of 
the past and reimagine how communities can design 
and build infrastructure to be more equitable, help-
ing to address structural inequities faced by 
marginalized communities nationwide, including a 
lack of good paying jobs, affordable, accessible, and 
inclusive housing, decaying roads, bridges, and 
schools, inadequate access to technology, and expo-
sure to toxic emissions and poisoned water; 
(6) accessibility to quality infrastructure, train-
ing, and jobs is an issue across the United States, 
spanning from rural and Tribal areas to urban and 
suburban areas; 
(7) transportation infrastructure has a signifi-
cant impact on access to jobs, education, healthcare, 
healthy foods, and other essential services; 
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(8) accessibility to essential services is defined 
not only by speed, but also by ease of access, which 
includes the ability to safely and conveniently access 
services by all modes of travel; 
(9) with a shortage of construction firms that 
are ready and able to take on the large-scale infra-
structure projects the United States demands, the 
close to 478,000 specialty trade contractors in small-
er minority, women, and disadvantaged businesses 
could be supported to meet this demand; 
(10) small businesses and under-represented 
contractors, including minority-, women-, veteran- 
owned businesses, and businesses owned by disabled 
individuals should have the opportunity to rebuild 
their communities and employ hardworking people of 
the United States along the way; 
(11) as of 2018, about 1⁄4 of the infrastructure 
workforce is projected to retire or permanently leave 
their jobs over the next decade, compounding the in-
frastructure crisis in the United States; 
(12) as of 2019, the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System finds that skilled trades and 
many occupations that do not require a 4-year de-
gree are not considered to be at significant risk of 
automation; 
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(13) infrastructure jobs include a wide range of 
employment opportunities in both the public and pri-
vate sectors, including design, manufacturing, con-
struction, operation, governance, and maintenance of 
infrastructure assets in the United States; 
(14) more than 1 in 10 jobs in the United 
States is a transportation- or infrastructure-related 
job; 
(15) many infrastructure jobs provide competi-
tive wages with low barriers to entry, many of which 
require on-the-job training in lieu of formal 4-year 
degree higher education programs; 
(16) in spite of rising income inequality, infra-
structure jobs paid approximately 30 percent more 
to low income individuals than other occupations in 
2018; 
(17) women, people of color, and particularly 
women of color are underrepresented in construction 
jobs; 
(18) while women across all occupations cur-
rently make up about 50 percent of the workforce, 
women in construction and extraction occupations 
has hovered around 3 percent for the last 3 decades; 
(19) while Black Americans make up about 12 
percent of the overall workforce, Black Americans 
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only represent 7 percent of construction and extrac-
tion occupations; 
(20) by focusing on improving workforce devel-
opment systems through targeted employment strat-
egies, the Federal Government can improve the qual-
ity of future projects and better ensure that all com-
munities benefit from investments that— 
(A) protect workers; 
(B) expand opportunities for advancement; 
(C) establish strong labor standards; and 
(D) redress discriminatory policies that 
have unfairly burdened low-income communities 
and communities of color with pollution of geo-
graphic isolation; and 
(21) the Federal Government should make con-
certed efforts to close the workforce gap, through co-
ordination with States and units of local govern-
ment, workforce development agencies, national and 
regional nonprofit intermediaries, labor organiza-
tions, and institutions of higher education and other 
educational institutions, including historically Black 
colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving insti-
tutions, to recruit, train, and retain the next genera-
tion of infrastructure workers in the United States, 
with a focus on— 
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(A) achieving gender, ethnic, racial, and 
ability diversity; and 
(B) recruiting and training individuals 
from communities with high unemployment 
rates, including African-American communities, 
Hispanic communities, Indian Tribes, the dis-
abled community, and the LGBTQ community. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘covered infrastructure program’’ means 
any of the following: 
(A) Direct and guaranteed loans and 
grants under section 306(a) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)). 
(B) Distance learning and telemedicine 
grants under section 2333 of the Food, Agri-
culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2). 
(C) Broadband loans and loan guarantees 
under title IV of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.). 
(D) The community connect grant pro-
gram established under title III of the Agri-
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culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 
Stat. 29). 
(E) Solid waste management grants under 
section 310B(b) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(b)). 
(F) A program or project carried out 
under the Public Works and Economic Develop-
ment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.). 
(G) Financial assistance for development, 
implementation, or modification of a State en-
ergy conservation plan under section 363 of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6323). 
(H) State water pollution control revolving 
funds established under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et 
seq.). 
(I) State drinking water treatment revolv-
ing loan funds established under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12). 
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(J) Grants for construction of health cen-
ters provided by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services. 
(K) Grants for construction, renovation, or 
repair of non-Federal research facilities pro-
vided by the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health. 
(L) The public transportation security as-
sistance grant program under section 1406 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135). 
(M) Assistance provided under the Public 
Housing Capital Fund established under section 
9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)). 
(N) The community development block 
grant program under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). 
(O) The Indian housing block grant pro-
gram under section 101 of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111). 
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(P) The rural water supply program under 
section 103 of the Rural Water Supply Act of 
2006 (43 U.S.C. 2402). 
(Q) Financial assistance provided under 
the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-
tion Act (33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.). 
(R) Assistance provided under title 23, 
United States Code. 
(S) Assistance provided under chapter 53 
of title 49, United States Code. 
(T) Programs for civil works projects, in-
cluding water resources projects, under the ju-
risdiction of the Corps of Engineers. 
(U) Assistance provided for a freight or 
passenger rail project under subtitle V of title 
49, United States Code. 
(V) Assistance provided for an airport de-
velopment project under chapter 471 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(W) Assistance for an environmental clean-
up project under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 
(X) Assistance provided under section 
7007 and 7008 of the Elementary and Sec-
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of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation). 
(EE) The Connect Communities Program 
under section 144. 
(FF) Any similar program, as determined 
by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the heads of 
the relevant Federal agencies. 
(2) HEAD OF THE RELEVANT FEDERAL AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘head of the relevant Federal agen-
cy’’ means the head of a Federal department or 
agency that administers or has jurisdiction over a 
covered infrastructure program. 
(3) 
LOCAL
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘local workforce development 
board’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘local 
board’’ in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(4) 
STATE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce development 
board’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘State 
board’’ in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
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TITLE I—CREATING JOBS AND 
RAISING 
THE 
QUALITY 
OF 
LIFE IN EVERY COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Creating Local Jobs 
Across the Country 
SEC. 111. TARGETED HIRING REQUIREMENTS FOR CON-
STRUCTION JOBS CREATED BY COVERED IN-
FRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF LOCAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘‘local’’, with respect to hiring for a project, means 
hiring within the geographical boundaries of the 
area in which the project is located, as determined 
by the recipient of assistance under a covered infra-
structure program, in coordination with the head of 
the relevant Federal agency, subject to the require-
ment that the geographical area shall— 
(A) include high-poverty, high-unemploy-
ment zip codes; and 
(B) be the size of a county, multi-county, 
statewide, or multi-State region. 
(2) SAVINGS
PROVISION.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) prohibits interstate hiring. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, except to the extent that the head of the rel-
evant Federal agency determines otherwise, in the 
case of any construction project carried out under a 
covered infrastructure program, the head of the rel-
evant Federal agency shall ensure that, of the work-
ers hired for the project (including workers hired for 
related maintenance, service, or operations activities 
for the project), the applicable percentage described 
in paragraph (2) are hired through local hiring, in 
partnership with a registered apprenticeship pro-
gram, if applicable, or with a State workforce devel-
opment board or local workforce development board, 
if applicable. 
(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—The applicable 
percentage referred to in paragraph (1) is— 
(A) for fiscal year 2020, 10 percent; 
(B) for fiscal year 2021, 20 percent; 
(C) for fiscal year 2022, 30 percent; 
(D) for fiscal year 2023, 40 percent; and 
(E) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, 50 percent. 
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(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out subsection (b), the 
head of the relevant Federal agency shall ensure that the 
entity carrying out the project gives priority to— 
(1) individuals with a barrier to employment (as 
defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), including ex-of-
fenders and disabled individuals (as defined in sec-
tion 121); 
(2) veterans (as defined in section 121); and 
(3) individuals that represent populations that 
are traditionally underrepresented in the infrastruc-
ture workforce, such as women and racial and ethnic 
minorities. 
(d) REPORTS AND OVERSIGHT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than an-
nually, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with 
the heads of the relevant Federal agencies, shall— 
(A) submit to Congress a report on the im-
plementation of this section; and 
(B) make the report under subparagraph 
(A), including any related data, publicly avail-
able on the internet. 
(2) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall— 
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(A) carry out a review of the implementa-
tion of this section to determine compliance 
with this section; and 
(B) submit to Congress a report on the re-
sults of the review under subparagraph (A), in-
cluding any suggestions or recommendations for 
legislative, regulatory, or other changes to im-
prove the implementation of this section or 
compliance with this section. 
SEC. 112. COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS. 
Nothing in this subtitle limits the eligibility of an in-
dividual or entity to receive assistance made available 
under a covered infrastructure program if the individual 
or entity is prevented, in whole or in part, from complying 
with section 111(b) because a Federal court issues a final 
order in which the court finds that a requirement or the 
implementation of that section is unconstitutional. 
Subtitle B—Rebuilding Our Infra-
structure With American Busi-
ness 
SEC. 121. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) DISABLED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘dis-
abled individual’’ means an individual with a dis-
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ability (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)). 
(2) LGBTQ.—The term ‘‘LGBTQ’’ means, 
with respect to an individual, a lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual, transgender, or queer individual. 
(3) OWNED
AND
CONTROLLED.—The term 
‘‘owned and controlled’’, with respect to a business, 
means— 
(A) ownership of at least 51 percent of the 
business, or in the case of any publicly owned 
business, ownership of at least 51 percent of 
the stock; and 
(B) control of the management and daily 
business operations of the business. 
(4) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness concern’’ means a small business concern 
(within the meaning of section 3(a) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))). 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness concern’’ does not include any concern or 
group of concerns controlled by the same so-
cially and economically disadvantaged individual 
or individuals that have average annual gross 
receipts during the preceding 3 fiscal years in 
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excess of $23,980,000, as adjusted annually by 
the head of the relevant Federal agency for in-
flation. 
(5) SOCIALLY
OR
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVAN-
TAGED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘socially or eco-
nomically disadvantaged individual’’ means any so-
cially and economically disadvantaged individuals 
within the meaning of section 8(d) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and relevant sub-
contracting regulations issued pursuant to that Act. 
(6) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 122. INCREASING MEANINGFUL SMALL BUSINESS PAR-
TICIPATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent that the head 
of the relevant Federal agency determines otherwise— 
(1) not less than the percentage described in 
subsection (b) for the applicable fiscal year of the 
amounts made available for each covered infrastruc-
ture program shall be expended through small busi-
ness concerns; and 
(2) not less than the percentage described in 
subsection (b) for the applicable fiscal year of the 
total number of projects that receive assistance 
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under each covered infrastructure program shall be 
subcontracted through a small business concern. 
(b) PERCENTAGE DESCRIBED.—The percentage re-
ferred to in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
(a) is— 
(1) for fiscal year 2020, 6 percent; 
(2) for fiscal year 2021, 12 percent; 
(3) for fiscal year 2022, 19 percent; 
(4) for fiscal year 2023, 26 percent; and 
(5) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 33 percent. 
(c) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once each fis-
cal year, the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-
istration, in consultation with the heads of the relevant 
Federal agencies, shall submit to Congress a report on the 
implementation of subsection (a). 
SEC. 123. REQUIRING MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION FROM 
TARGETED BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent that the head 
of the relevant Federal agency determines otherwise, not 
less than the percentage described in subsection (b) for 
the applicable fiscal year of the amounts made available 
for a covered infrastructure program shall be expended 
through businesses owned and controlled by— 
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(1) socially or economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals; 
(2) women; 
(3) veterans; 
(4) LGBTQ individuals; 
(5) disabled individuals; or 
(6) ex-offenders. 
(b) PERCENTAGE DESCRIBED.—The percentage re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is— 
(1) for fiscal year 2020, 6 percent; 
(2) for fiscal year 2021, 12 percent; 
(3) for fiscal year 2022, 18 percent; 
(4) for fiscal year 2023, 24 percent; and 
(5) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 30 percent. 
(c) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once each fis-
cal year, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
and the heads of the relevant Federal agencies, shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the implementation of sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 124. COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS. 
Nothing in this subtitle limits the eligibility of an in-
dividual or entity to receive assistance made available 
under a covered infrastructure program if the individual 
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or entity is prevented, in whole or in part, from complying 
with section 122(a) or 123(a), as applicable, because a 
Federal court issues a final order in which the court finds 
that a requirement or the implementation of section 
122(a) or 123(a), as applicable, is unconstitutional. 
SEC. 125. EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA-
TION SURETY BOND PROGRAM. 
Section 411(a)(1)(A) of the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(a)(1)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$6,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
Subtitle C—Encouraging the Use of 
U.S. 
Employment 
Plans 
and 
Best-Value Contracting Analysis 
SEC. 131. CREATING A BEST-VALUE ANALYSIS FOR FED-
ERAL EXPENDITURES ON INFRASTRUCTURE, 
USE OF U.S. EMPLOYMENT PLANS, AND PREF-
ERENCES FOR REGISTERED APPRENTICE-
SHIP PROGRAMS AND NEUTRALITY IN UNION 
ORGANIZING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMITMENT
TO
HIGH-QUALITY
CAREER 
AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.—The term ‘‘com-
mitment to high-quality career and business oppor-
tunities’’ means participation in a registered appren-
ticeship program (as defined in section 201(a)(2)). 
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(2) U.S. EMPLOYMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘U.S. 
Employment Plan’’ means a plan under which an 
entity receiving Federal assistance for a project 
under a covered infrastructure program shall— 
(A) include in a request for proposal an 
encouragement for bidders to include, with re-
spect to the project— 
(i) high-quality wage, benefit, and 
training commitments by the bidder and 
the supply chain of the bidder for the 
project; and 
(ii) a commitment to recruit and hire 
individuals described in section 111(c) if 
the project results in the hiring of employ-
ees not currently or previously employed by 
the bidder and the supply chain of the bid-
der for the project; 
(B) give preference for the award of the 
contract to a bidder that includes the commit-
ments described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(C) ensure that each bidder that includes 
the commitments described in clauses (i) and 
(ii) of subparagraph (A) that is awarded a con-
tract complies with those commitments. 
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(b) BEST-VALUE FRAMEWORK.—To the maximum 
extent practicable, a recipient of assistance under a cov-
ered infrastructure program is encouraged— 
(1) to ensure that each dollar invested in infra-
structure uses a best-value contracting framework to 
maximize the local value of federally funded con-
tracts by evaluating bids on price and other criteria 
prioritized in the bid, such as— 
(A) equity; 
(B) environmental and climate justice; 
(C) impact on greenhouse gas emissions; 
(D) resilience; 
(E) the results of a 40-year life-cycle anal-
ysis; 
(F) safety; 
(G) commitment to creating or sustaining 
high-quality job opportunities affiliated with 
registered apprenticeship programs (as defined 
in section 201(a)(2)) for disadvantaged or 
underrepresented individuals in infrastructure 
industries in the United States; and 
(H) access to jobs and essential services by 
all modes of travel for all users, including dis-
abled individuals (as defined in section 121); 
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(2) in evaluating bids, to give at least equal 
weight to the criteria described in paragraph (1) as 
to past performance; and 
(3) to ensure community engagement, trans-
parency, and accountability in carrying out each 
stage of the project. 
(c) PREFERENCE
FOR REGISTERED APPRENTICE-
SHIP PROGRAMS.—To the maximum extent practicable, a 
recipient of assistance under a covered infrastructure pro-
gram, with respect to the project for which the assistance 
is received, shall give preference to a bidder that dem-
onstrates a commitment to high-quality job opportunities 
affiliated with registered apprenticeship programs (as de-
fined in section 201(a)(2)). 
(d) PREFERENCE FOR NEUTRALITY IN UNION ORGA-
NIZING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
head of each relevant Federal agency, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Labor, shall give preference in providing 
assistance under a covered infrastructure program to an 
entity that commits to giving preference in awarding con-
tracts and subcontracts for projects carried out with that 
assistance to bidders that have an explicit neutrality policy 
on any issue involving the organization of employees for 
purposes of collective bargaining. 
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(e) USE
OF U.S. EMPLOYMENT PLAN.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in carrying out a 
project under a covered infrastructure program, each enti-
ty that receives Federal assistance shall use a U.S. Em-
ployment Plan for each contract of $5,000,000 or more 
for the purchase of manufactured goods or of services, 
based on an independent cost estimate. 
(f) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once each fis-
cal year, the heads of the relevant Federal agencies shall 
jointly submit to Congress a report describing the imple-
mentation of this section. 
(g) INTENT OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—It is the intent of Con-
gress— 
(A) to encourage recipients of Federal as-
sistance under covered infrastructure programs 
to use a best-value contracting framework de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1) for the purchase of 
goods and services; 
(B) to encourage recipients of Federal as-
sistance under covered infrastructure programs 
to use preferences for registered apprenticeship 
programs and neutrality in union organizing as 
described in subsections (c) and (d) when evalu-
ating bids for projects using that assistance; 
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(C) to require that recipients of Federal 
assistance under covered infrastructure pro-
grams use the U.S. Employment Plan in car-
rying out the project for which the assistance 
was provided; and 
(D) that full and open competition under 
covered infrastructure programs means a proce-
dural competition that prevents corruption, fa-
voritism, and unfair treatment by recipient 
agencies. 
(2) 
INCLUSION.—A 
best-value 
contracting 
framework described in subsection (b)(1) is a frame-
work that authorizes a recipient of Federal assist-
ance under a covered infrastructure program, in 
awarding contracts, to evaluate a range of factors, 
including price, the quality of products, the quality 
of services, and commitments to the creation of good 
jobs for all people in the United States. 
Subtitle 
D—Improving 
Safety, 
Connectivity, and Access to Bet-
ter Opportunities 
SEC. 141. ACCESSIBILITY DATA PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
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carry out an accessibility data program (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘program’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program is to de-
velop or procure an accessibility data set and make that 
data set available to each eligible entity selected to partici-
pate in the program to improve the transportation plan-
ning of those eligible entities by— 
(1) measuring the level of access by multiple 
transportation modes to important destinations, 
which may include— 
(A) jobs, including areas with a concentra-
tion of available jobs; 
(B) health care facilities; 
(C) child care services; 
(D) educational and workforce training fa-
cilities; 
(E) affordable and accessible housing; 
(F) food sources; and 
(G) connections between modes, including 
connections to— 
(i) high-quality transit or rail service; 
(ii) safe bicycling corridors; and 
(iii) safe sidewalks that achieve com-
pliance with applicable requirements of the 
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 
(2) disaggregating the level of access by mul-
tiple transportation modes by a variety of population 
categories, which may include— 
(A) low-income populations; 
(B) minority populations; 
(C) age; 
(D) disability; and 
(E) geographical location; and 
(3) assessing the change in accessibility that 
would result from new transportation investments. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to par-
ticipate in the program is— 
(1) a State (as defined in section 101(a) of title 
23, United States Code); 
(2) a metropolitan planning organization; or 
(3) a rural planning organization. 
(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to participate in 
the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
including information relating to— 
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(1) previous experience of the eligible entity 
measuring transportation access or other perform-
ance management experience; 
(2) the types of important destinations to which 
the eligible entity intends to measure access; 
(3) the types of data disaggregation the eligible 
entity intends to pursue; and 
(4) a general description of the methodology the 
eligible entity intends to apply. 
(e) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall seek to achieve 
diversity of participants in the program, including— 
(1) by selecting a range of eligible entities that 
shall include not less than— 
(A) 5 States; 
(B) 10 metropolitan planning organiza-
tions, of which— 
(i) 5 shall each serve an area with a 
population of not more than 200,000 peo-
ple; and 
(ii) 5 shall each serve an area with a 
population of 200,000 or more people; and 
(C) 5 rural planning organizations; and 
(2) among the eligible entities selected under 
paragraph (1)— 
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(A) a range of capacity and previous expe-
rience with measuring transportation access; 
and 
(B) a variety of proposed methodologies 
and focus areas for measuring level access. 
(f) DUTIES.—For each eligible entity participating in 
the program, the Secretary shall— 
(1) develop or acquire an accessibility data set 
described in subsection (b); and 
(2) submit the data set to the eligible entity. 
(g) METHODOLOGY.—In calculating the measures for 
the data set under the program, the Secretary shall ensure 
that methodology is open source. 
(h) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make an ac-
cessibility data set under the program available to— 
(1) units of local government within the juris-
diction of the eligible entity participating in the pro-
gram; and 
(2) researchers. 
(i) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the last 
date on which the Secretary submits data sets to the eligi-
ble entity under subsection (f), the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report on the results of the program, includ-
ing the feasibility of developing and providing periodic ac-
cessibility data sets for all States, regions, and localities. 
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(j) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA.—The Secretary 
may make publicly available on the internet the data sets 
and the report under subsection (i). 
(k) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
program using amounts made available to the Secretary 
for administrative expenses to carry out programs under 
the authority of the Secretary. 
SEC. 142. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES 
FOR TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY. 
(a) CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY PERFORM-
ANCE MEASURES.—Section 150 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and in 
the case of paragraph (7), not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of the Build 
Local, Hire Local Act,’’ after ‘‘MAP–21,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 
MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION 
CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION
OF
DISADVANTAGED 
POPULATION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘dis-
advantaged population’ means a low-income 
population, a minority population, or people 
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with disabilities, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
issue such regulations as are necessary to es-
tablish performance measures relating to trans-
portation connectivity and accessibility for 
States, metropolitan planning organizations, 
and units of local government to improve the 
connectivity and accessibility of roadways, pub-
lic transportation infrastructure, pedestrian and 
bikeway infrastructure, and other transpor-
tation infrastructure. 
‘‘(C) 
INCLUSIONS.—The 
performance 
measures established pursuant to subparagraph 
(B) shall include measures to assess— 
‘‘(i) with respect to the general popu-
lation serviced by a transportation sys-
tem— 
‘‘(I) the change in cumulative ac-
cess to employment opportunities and 
other essential services, including edu-
cational and workforce training loca-
tions, 
health 
care 
facilities, 
rec-
reational assets, and supermarkets 
and grocers; 
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‘‘(II) multimodal choice and en-
hanced 
interconnections 
among 
modes— 
‘‘(aa) to offer variety of 
choice 
between 
and 
among 
modes; 
‘‘(bb) to provide accessible 
and reliable transportation for all 
users; and 
‘‘(cc) to encourage travel de-
mand management among local 
and statewide employers; and 
‘‘(III) any other issues the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to disadvantaged 
populations serviced by a transportation 
system— 
‘‘(I) transportation accessibility 
for disadvantaged populations; 
‘‘(II) change in cumulative acces-
sibility for disadvantaged populations 
to 
employment 
opportunities 
and 
other essential services, including edu-
cational and workforce training loca-
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tions, 
health 
care 
facilities, 
rec-
reational assets, and supermarkets 
and grocers; and 
‘‘(III) any other issues the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(6), and (7)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) REPORT
ON MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION 
CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.—Not less frequently 
than annually— 
‘‘(1) each State, metropolitan planning organi-
zation, and unit of local government shall submit to 
the Secretary the progress of that entity toward 
achieving the performance measures under sub-
section (c)(7); and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to Congress a report that in-
cludes the results of the reporting under para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(B) make publicly available on the inter-
net the report under subparagraph (A) and any 
accompanying data.’’. 
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(b) HIGHWAY METROPOLITAN PLANNING COORDINA-
TION.—Section 134(h)(2)(B) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION 
ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCE TARGETS.— 
Selection of performance targets by a met-
ropolitan planning organization shall be co-
ordinated, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, with the relevant State, local trans-
portation planning agencies, and providers 
of public transportation to ensure consist-
ency with section 150(c)(7).’’. 
(c) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
METROPOLITAN 
PLANNING COORDINATION.—Section 5303(h)(2)(B) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(iii) MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION 
ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCE TARGETS.— 
Selection of performance targets by a met-
ropolitan planning organization shall be co-
ordinated, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, with the relevant State, local trans-
portation planning agencies, and providers 
of public transportation to ensure consist-
ency with section 150(c)(7) of title 23.’’. 
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SEC. 143. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, the Administrator of the Federal Transit 
Administration, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 
a program (referred to in this section as the ‘‘program’’) 
to provide technical assistance to local communities adja-
cent to planned or existing transportation infrastructure 
projects to explore design and policy approaches to create 
connected, economically prosperous, and environmentally 
and physically healthy communities that— 
(1) avoid displacement of the current popu-
lation; and 
(2) maximize high-quality jobs in the United 
States that pay family-sustaining wages. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program are— 
(1) to identify innovative solutions to infra-
structure challenges, including reconnecting commu-
nities that— 
(A) are bifurcated by infrastructure such 
as highways or viaducts; 
(B) lack safe, reliable, and affordable 
transportation choices; or 
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(C) have been disconnected due to natural 
disasters, in particular, communities in areas 
that are being harmed the most by climate 
change; and 
(2) to inform the transportation planning and 
project life cycle by actively encouraging community 
input and feedback. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive technical 
assistance under the program, a local community de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require, includ-
ing— 
(1) a description of the ‘‘community team’’ that 
will participate in the program, which shall consist 
of— 
(A) elected officials; 
(B) senior transportation professionals; 
(C) State workforce development boards or 
local workforce development boards; and 
(D) a cross-section of residents of the local 
community; 
(2) a description of a neighborhood infrastruc-
ture challenge, including all modes and users of 
transportation, in the local community that limits 
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access to social or economic centers or other essen-
tial services; 
(3) an explanation of the goals the local com-
munity aims to achieve with assistance under the 
program; and 
(4) letters of support from the applicable State 
department of transportation and other entities, 
such as community groups, transit agencies, port au-
thorities, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
political subdivisions of State and local governments. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In selecting local communities to 
participate in the program, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to a local community that is economically disadvan-
taged. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide to a local community that is selected to participate 
in the program— 
(1) technical assistance to inform, prepare, and 
enable the local community to better engage in— 
(A) Federal transportation planning; 
(B) programming and planning to improve 
resiliency and environmental sustainability and 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 
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(C) the environmental review process 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(D) life-cycle analysis of a prospective 
project; 
(E) Federal assistance programs; and 
(F) policies that maximize the creation of 
high-quality jobs in the United States; and 
(2) technical expertise through representatives 
from regional and national design, architecture, en-
gineering, and planning firms and public, private, 
and nonprofit land use professionals. 
(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use not less than 
10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out 
section 144 for each fiscal year to carry out the program. 
SEC. 144. CONNECT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), in coordination with the Administrator of 
the Federal Highway Administration, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Transit Administration, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of 
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Agriculture shall carry out a competitive grant pro-
gram to be known as the ‘‘Connect Communities 
Program’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘pro-
gram’’) to provide grants for projects to create con-
nected, 
economically 
prosperous, 
and 
environ-
mentally and physically healthy communities in— 
(A) areas that are economically disadvan-
taged, including areas that have experienced 
levels of poverty of 20 percent or more, high 
levels of outmigration, and high levels of 
deindustrialization; 
(B) areas that currently lack accessible 
and affordable transportation options in terms 
of— 
(i) lack of access to jobs and services; 
and 
(ii) lack of physical accessibility; 
(C) neighborhoods bifurcated by large-scale 
infrastructure projects; or 
(D) areas that have been negatively im-
pacted by climate change. 
(2) GOALS.—The goals of the program are— 
(A) to reduce the cost of construction, op-
erations, and maintenance of arterial highways; 
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(B) to demonstrate the social, economic, 
and environmental benefits that result from re-
placing a grade-separated facility with an at- 
grade boulevard; 
(C) to improve neighborhood connectivity, 
including the re-establishment of through 
streets eliminated as a result of the construc-
tion of the grade-separated facility; 
(D) to increase the total acreage of land 
within the project corridor returned to produc-
tive use, including commercial, residential, rec-
reational, and habitat restoration uses; 
(E) to improve the resiliency and reduce 
the environmental impact of existing infrastruc-
ture assets; and 
(F) to increase the connectivity of dis-
advantaged communities to economic oppor-
tunity. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to 
receive a grant under the program is— 
(A) a State (as defined in section 101(a) 
of title 23, United States Code) or any other 
territory or possession of the United States; 
(B) an Indian Tribe; 
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(C) a unit of local government; 
(D) a political subdivision of a State or 
local government; 
(E) a transit agency; 
(F) a metropolitan planning organization; 
(G) a nonprofit organization, including a 
community mission-based organization; 
(H) a community development financial in-
stitution (as defined in section 103 of the Rie-
gle Community Development and Regulatory 
Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702)); 
(I) a special purpose district or public au-
thority with a transportation function, including 
a port authority; 
(J) a Federal land management agency 
that applies jointly with a State or group of 
States; or 
(K) a multistate or multijurisdictional 
group of entities described in subparagraphs 
(A) through (J). 
(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A project eligible to 
be carried out with funds from a grant provided 
under the program is— 
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(A) a project for community-based redevel-
opment, rehabilitation, or replacement of infra-
structure, including— 
(i) the removal of a limited access 
highway, a viaduct or overpass, an Inter-
state route, an interchange, a bridge, or 
any other principal arterial facility that 
has— 
(I) historically had detrimental 
effects on minority and low-income 
communities; or 
(II) created barriers to commu-
nity connectivity due to high speeds, 
grade separations or other design fac-
tors; and 
(ii) if necessary to achieve the pur-
poses of the program, road realignment or 
new construction; 
(B) a project to prevent the displacement 
of minority or low-income individuals or busi-
nesses during and after redevelopment, rehabili-
tation, or replacement of infrastructure; 
(C) a project for transit-oriented develop-
ment in a low-income area or that benefits low- 
income individuals that includes 1 or more of— 
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(i) 
transit-supportive, 
accessible, 
mixed-use development (including commer-
cial development, affordable and accessible 
housing, and market-rate housing) that is 
within 2 miles of and accessible to 1 or 
more public transportation facilities that— 
(I) achieve compliance with— 
(aa) applicable requirements 
of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12101 et seq.); and 
(bb) the most recent public 
rights-of-way accessibility guide-
lines developed by the Architec-
tural and Transportation Bar-
riers Compliance Board estab-
lished by section 502(a)(1) of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 792(a)(1)); and 
(II) are connected with high fre-
quency to job centers; 
(ii) the facilitation of multimodal 
connectivity and accessibility to employ-
ment opportunities and other essential 
services, including educational and work-
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force training locations, health care facili-
ties, recreational assets, and supermarkets 
and grocers; and 
(iii) an increase in access to transit 
hubs for pedestrian and bicycle traffic; 
(D) a public transportation project eligible 
for assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code, that will achieve the pur-
poses of the program, including— 
(i) 
an 
investment 
in 
intermodal 
projects; and 
(ii) a new fixed guideway capital 
project or a small start project (as those 
terms are defined in section 5309(a) of 
title 49, United States Code), if a grant 
under the program will expedite the com-
pletion of the project and the entry into 
revenue service of the project; 
(E) a passenger rail transportation project 
that achieves the purpose of the program; 
(F) a project to improve the resiliency of 
infrastructure against natural disasters; 
(G) a project to reduce the environmental 
impact of existing infrastructure assets; 
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(H) a project to bring a community into 
compliance with the performance measures es-
tablished under section 150(c)(7) of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(I) any other project that the Secretary de-
termines would achieve the purpose of the pro-
gram. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
AREAS.—An eligible project 
under paragraph (2) shall be carried out in an area 
or neighborhood described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of subsection (a)(1). 
(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under the program, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require, including— 
(A) a project plan developed with assist-
ance under section 143 or independently, as ap-
plicable; 
(B) a description of how the project meets 
the criteria described in subsection (d); 
(C) a certification that the eligible entity 
has solicited public comments on the project 
plan that includes— 
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(i) a certification that the eligible en-
tity has held 2 or more public hearings, at 
least 1 of which was held outside of stand-
ard business hours in a location that was 
open and accessible to the community in 
which the proposed project is located; 
(ii) a description of the process for re-
ceiving public comments, including involve-
ment of residents and stakeholders in the 
community in which the project will occur; 
(iii) a summary of the comments re-
ceived; and 
(iv) such other information as the 
Secretary may require; 
(D) a description of how the grant would 
be used and the current status of project plan-
ning; 
(E) a description of how the project will 
address the purposes of the program, including 
plans to avoid displacement of current residents 
in the project area; 
(F) a description of how the eligible entity 
will prioritize the well-being and advancement 
of disadvantaged populations through the 
project and as an outcome of the project; 
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(G) an assessment of— 
(i) the accessibility of employment op-
portunities and other essential services, in-
cluding educational and workforce training 
locations, health care facilities, recreational 
assets, and supermarkets and grocers, 
within the area to public transportation fa-
cilities and nearby affordable housing; and 
(ii) how the proposed project will re-
late to identified needs in those areas; 
(H) an assessment of transportation op-
tions in the area, including— 
(i) public transportation options; 
(ii) options for people with low in-
comes, people living in high-poverty areas, 
elderly people, and people with disabilities; 
and 
(iii) any obstacles to providing access 
to locations that offer employment oppor-
tunities and other essential services, in-
cluding educational and workforce training 
locations, health care facilities, recreational 
assets, and supermarkets and grocers; 
(I) an assessment of methods for lowering 
the combined cost of housing and transpor-
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tation for families in the region, particularly for 
families that utilize workforce housing and for 
low-, very low-, and extremely low-income fami-
lies; 
(J) an assessment of how the project will 
revitalize existing communities, including— 
(i) the approximate number of jobs 
the project will create; 
(ii) the services the project will deliver 
to workers and the community; and 
(iii) any antidisplacement efforts that 
will be included in the project; 
(K) a plan for evaluating progress in in-
creasing opportunities for and improvements to 
the quality of life for disadvantaged populations 
and the broader community in which the project 
is completed; and 
(L) information about the status of appli-
cable Federal environmental reviews and ap-
provals for the project, including reviews and 
approvals under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(2) MULTIPLE
PROJECTS.—An eligible entity 
may submit an application for multiple projects in 1 
application. 
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(3) DEFINITION
OF
WORKFORCE
HOUSING.— 
For the purpose of paragraph (1)(I), the term 
‘‘workforce housing’’ means housing, the cost of 
which does not exceed 30 percent of— 
(A) the amount equal to 120 percent of the 
median income in the area, as determined by 
the Secretary, with appropriate adjustments for 
the size of the family; or 
(B) if the Secretary determines that there 
are unusually high or low incomes in the area, 
another amount, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(d) SELECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select 
projects to receive grants under the program based 
on— 
(A) how the project will contribute to a 
state of good repair for infrastructure assets; 
(B) how the project would increase eco-
nomic competitiveness, including the effects of 
revitalizing communities, neighborhoods, and 
commercial centers supported by existing infra-
structure; 
(C) how the project will support environ-
mental protection, including resiliency, by in-
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creasing demand for nonmotorized transpor-
tation and public transportation; 
(D) how or whether the project will pre-
vent residents in the area from being forcibly or 
unwillingly displaced; 
(E) the anticipated effects on quality of 
life for all residents in the project area; 
(F) whether the project uses innovative 
strategies, including innovative technologies, in-
novative project delivery, or innovative financ-
ing; 
(G) the extent to which the project— 
(i) is supported by a broad range of 
stakeholders; 
(ii) demonstrates collaboration among 
neighboring and regional jurisdictions; and 
(iii) is coordinated with projects with 
similar objectives, such as projects for eco-
nomic development, housing, water and 
waste infrastructure, power and electric in-
frastructure, broadband, and land use 
plans and policies; 
(H) how the project will increase non-Fed-
eral revenue for transportation infrastructure 
investment; 
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amount of Federal funds associated with each 
project; 
(C) the number of projects for which con-
tracts have been awarded for the project carried 
out under the program and the amount of Fed-
eral funds associated with the contracts; 
(D) the number of projects for which work 
has begun under the contracts referred to in 
subparagraph (C) and the amount of Federal 
funds associated with the contracts; 
(E) the number of projects for which work 
has been completed under the contracts referred 
to in subparagraph (C) and the amount of Fed-
eral funds associated with the contracts; 
(F) the number of direct, on-project jobs 
created or sustained by the Federal funds pro-
vided for projects under the program and, to 
the extent possible, the estimated indirect jobs 
created or sustained in the associated supplying 
industries, including— 
(i) the number of job-years created 
and the total increase in employment in 
the project area since the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
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114 
and seeking to maximize the direct and indirect do-
mestic jobs benefitted or created; 
(4) establish a clearinghouse website to make 
publicly available information on— 
(A) Buy America audits conducted by 
third-party auditors under paragraph (1); 
(B) third-party auditors that have received 
a certification from the Director under para-
graph (1); and 
(C) requested waivers of Buy America laws 
under covered infrastructure programs; and 
(5) submit to Congress an annual report on— 
(A) waivers from a Buy America law that 
have been requested; 
(B) waivers from a Buy America law that 
have been granted; and 
(C) any supply chain gaps in the United 
States that may need to be addressed to im-
prove compliance with Buy America laws with-
out a waiver. 
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