Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

Bill: 116-hr-7097
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-04
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Department of Transportation

Performance measurement

Roads and highways

State and local finance

Transportation programs funding

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes states to implement a program under which subrecipients of federal-aid highway funding have the option to exchange allocated federal funds for state or local funds if prevailing wage and Buy America requirements are met.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7097 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2020 Ms. Finkenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize States to implement an exchange program for certain Federal funds for subrecipients of highway funding, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act . 2. Project approval and oversight Section 106(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Federal funding exchange programs A State may implement a program under which a subrecipient has the option to exchange Federal funds allocated to such subrecipient in accordance with the requirements of this title for State or local funds if the State certifies to the Secretary that the State has prevailing wage and domestic content requirements that are comparable to the requirements under section 113 and 313 and that such requirements shall apply to projects carried out using such funds if such projects would have been subject to the requirements of sections 113 and 313 if such projects were carried out using Federal funds. .