Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3904
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019 </b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the requirement that all laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway and public transportation projects shall be paid wages at rates not less than the locally prevailing wage rate.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3904 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2019 Ms. Foxx of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor , 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 2019 . 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 Prevailing rate of wage requirements (a) Repeals The following provisions are repealed: (1) Section 113 of title 23, United States Code (and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title).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.