HR 2672
108th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Minimum wages
Road construction
Subcontractors
To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit voluntary compliance with provisions relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects.
Introduced: July 9, 2003
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4 steps
Introduced
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Jul 28, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jul 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Jul 9, 2003
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.
Jul 9, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Terminates a provision that requires the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the construction work performed on Federal-aid highway projects are paid prevailing rate wages. Permits a State to enact a law to provide for continued enforcement of the requirements of such provision in that State.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.