Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-3559
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act</strong></p> <p>This bill applies federal prevailing wage requirements to arrangements in which states allow local agencies to exchange their state's proposed allocation of Federal-Aid Highway Program funding for state transportation funds.</p> <p>Under current law, when such an exchange occurs, local agencies must comply with applicable state and local requirements but generally not prevailing wage and other federal requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3559 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 28, 2021 Mrs. Axne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for Federal funds allocated for State or local uses, 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) In general If a State allows a subrecipient to exchange Federal funds allocated to such subrecipient in accordance with the requirements of this title for State or local funds, the State must certify to the Secretary that the State— (i) has prevailing wage requirements that are comparable to the requirements under section 113; and (ii) will ensure that the prevailing wage requirements described in clause (i) shall apply to covered projects. (B) Applicability The requirements of this paragraph shall apply only if the requirements of section 113 would be applicable to a covered project if such project was carried out using Federal funds. (C) Covered project defined In this paragraph, the term covered project means a project carried out with exchanged State or local funds as described in subparagraph (A). .