S 3941
117th Congress
Senate
Housing and Community Development
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Wages and earnings
Housing Supply Expansion Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 28, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Housing Supply Expansion Act
This bill modifies the federal prevailing wage rates that apply to federally assisted housing and requires the Department of Labor to review and revise its process for determining prevailing wage rates.
Specifically, the bill applies the prevailing wage rate for residential construction to all housing projects that receive assistance under specified federal statutes. (Under current law, the residential construction prevailing wage rate applies to the construction, alteration, or repair of single-family homes or apartment buildings up to four floors in height.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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