Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 116-hr-6359
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development

Public contracts and procurement

Roads and highways

State and local finance

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program to require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that the design and construction of a project carried out under the program must have appropriate payment and performance security, regardless of whether the obligor is a state, local government, agency or instrumentality of a state or local government, public authority, or private party.</p> <p>DOT may accept such payment and performance security requirements if it makes a written determination that the federal interest is adequately protected.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6359 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2020 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Balderson , Mr. Pappas , and Mr. Webster of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act . 2. Federal requirements for TIFIA eligibility and project selection (a) In general Section 602(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Payment and performance security The Secretary shall ensure that the design and construction of a project carried out with assistance under this section shall have appropriate payment and performance security, regardless of whether the obligor is a State, local government, agency or instrumentality of a State or local government, public authority, or private party. If such obligor is a State, local government, agency or instrumentality of a State or local government, or public authority, and payment and performance security is required to be furnished by applicable statute or regulation, the Secretary may accept such payment and performance security requirements applicable to the obligor if the Secretary has made a written determination that the Federal interest is adequately protected. If a determination under this paragraph has not been made or there are no payment and performance security requirements applicable to the obligor, the security under section 3131(b) of title 40 shall be required. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any contract entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act.