Bill > S1827

This bill, the Build Local, Hire Local Act, establishes an expansive infrastructure program to create local jobs and raise the quality of life in every community. Key provisions include: - Requiring targeted hiring of local workers, including those with barriers to employment, for construction jobs funded by the covered infrastructure programs. - Increasing meaningful small business and disadvantaged business participation in infrastructure projects by setting percentage targets for the amount of funding and number of projects that must go to small businesses. - Creating a "best-value" framework for infrastructure projects that prioritizes factors like equity, environmental impact, and job quality in addition to cost. - Establishing new performance measures and technical assistance programs related to transportation accessibility and connectivity. - Launching a "Building American Infrastructure and Careers Program" to promote careers and quality employment practices in infrastructure industries, with a focus on serving individuals with barriers to employment. - Raising labor standards, improving working conditions, and strengthening workers' bargaining power by requiring disclosure of labor law violations, corrective actions, and establishment of workforce diversity programs for large infrastructure projects.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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