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H.R. 3904 116th Congress House

Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019

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: July 23, 2019 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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Jul 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 23, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 23, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 24, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the requirement that all laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway and public transportation projects shall be paid wages at rates not less than the locally prevailing wage rate.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3904: Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3904/
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"H.R. 3904: Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3904/.
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H.R. 3904, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3904/.
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