HR 4005
114th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Employee hiring
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Local Hire Act
Introduced: November 16, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Nov 16, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Local Hire Act
This bill authorizes a state to establish local hiring bid specifications or consider the hiring of local workers in the evaluation of bids and proposals for federal-aid highway projects. The recipients of federal assistance are likewise authorized to establish such specifications or consider local hiring in the evaluation of bids and proposals for public transportation projects.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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