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H.R. 1846 112th Congress House

Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2011

Official title: 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.

Introduced: May 11, 2011 Introduced by: Virginia Foxx Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Public contracts and procurementPublic transitRoads and highwaysTransportation programs fundingWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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May 20, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
May 12, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 11, 2011
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.
May 11, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 20, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2011 - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway construction projects and public transportation construction projects).

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 745 Davis-Bacon Repeal Act
  • HR 746 Davis-Bacon Repeal Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1
PITTS, JOSEPH
· Jul 6, 2011
Chaffetz, Jason
· May 23, 2011
PAUL, RON
· May 23, 2011
Westmoreland, Lynn
· May 23, 2011
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · May 13, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1846: Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1846/
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"H.R. 1846: Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1846/.
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H.R. 1846, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1846/.
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