Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 23, 2014)
Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).
Establishes in the Treasury an Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Fund regularly amounts equal to the savings achieved through this repeal from the capital budgets of each affected federal agency.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to compile a prioritized list of emergency interstate bridge projects on the federal-aid highway system meeting specified criteria (e.g., the bridge is deemed functionally obsolete). Authorizes the obligation of Fund amounts for such projects.
What just happenedJun 23, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3899)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJun 23, 2014
- Jun 23, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3899)
- Jun 23, 2014IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3899)
- Jun 23, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate