Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1483
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-19
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement

Public transit

Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway construction projects and public transportation construction projects).</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1483 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2015 Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2015 . 2. Prevailing rate of wage requirements (a) Repeals The following provisions are repealed: (1) Section 113 of title 23, United States Code (and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title). (2) Section 5333(a) of title 49, United States Code. (b) Applicability (1) Effective date Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 31st day following the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Existing contracts The amendments made by this section shall not affect any contract in existence on the date of enactment of this Act or made pursuant to an invitation for bids outstanding on such date of enactment.