Bill > HR3473

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, launch middle class career pathways in infrastructure, and invest in high-quality American jobs. The key provisions include: - Requiring construction projects under covered infrastructure programs to hire a certain percentage of local workers, with priority given to individuals with barriers to employment, veterans, and underrepresented populations. - Increasing participation of small, minority-, women-, veteran-owned, and disadvantaged businesses in infrastructure projects. - Encouraging the use of best-value contracting that considers equity, environmental justice, and quality job opportunities. - Creating a program to provide technical assistance to local communities adjacent to infrastructure projects to explore design and policy approaches to create connected, prosperous, and healthy communities. - Establishing a competitive grant program to provide funding for projects that create connected, economically prosperous, and environmentally/physically healthy communities in economically disadvantaged areas. - Launching workforce development programs to promote careers and quality employment practices in targeted infrastructure industries among underrepresented populations. - Raising labor standards, improving working conditions, and strengthening workers' bargaining power on infrastructure projects. - Establishing a Buy America Bureau to provide oversight and transparency on compliance with Buy America requirements.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Government Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure

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