H.R. 3559House117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

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The Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act adds new requirements for states that let subrecipients swap federal highway funds for state or local money. It forces those states to certify that they have prevailing‑wage rules comparable to the federal Davis‑Bacon standards and that those rules will be applied to any projects funded with the exchanged money. The rule applies only when the federal prevailing‑wage requirements would have applied if the project used federal funds. It mainly affects state and local governments and the subrecipients that receive the swapped funds.

Key Provisions

Adds a new paragraph to 23 U.S.C. §106(g) requiring states that permit exchange of federal funds for state or local funds to certify they have prevailing‑wage requirements comparable to those in §113 (Davis‑Bacon).
States must ensure those prevailing‑wage requirements are applied to any ‘covered project,’ defined as a project using the exchanged state or local funds.
The requirement only takes effect when the federal prevailing‑wage rules would apply if the project were funded directly with federal money.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

June 1, 2021

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Introduced in House

May 28, 2021

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

May 28, 2021

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

June 1, 2021

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 28, 2021

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3559

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 28, 2021

Mrs. Axne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for Federal funds allocated for State or local uses, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act.

Project approval and oversight

Section 106(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(6)

Federal funding exchange programs

(A)

In general

If a State allows a subrecipient to exchange Federal funds allocated to such subrecipient in accordance with the requirements of this title for State or local funds, the State must certify to the Secretary that the State—

(i)

has prevailing wage requirements that are comparable to the requirements under section 113; and

(ii)

will ensure that the prevailing wage requirements described in clause (i) shall apply to covered projects.

(B)

Applicability

The requirements of this paragraph shall apply only if the requirements of section 113 would be applicable to a covered project if such project was carried out using Federal funds.

(C)

Covered project defined

In this paragraph, the term covered project means a project carried out with exchanged State or local funds as described in subparagraph (A).