HR 2672 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit voluntary compliance with provisions relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects.

Introduced Jul 9, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Marilyn N. Musgrave R-CO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 28, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 9, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Terminates a provision that requires the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the construction work performed on Federal-aid highway projects are paid prevailing rate wages. Permits a State to enact a law to provide for continued enforcement of the requirements of such provision in that State.

Cosponsors 60

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2003 to Jun 14, 2004; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WYBarbara CubinOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-NCCass BallengerOriginalJul 9, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-CAChristopher CoxOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-FLCliff StearnsOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-INDan BurtonOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-MIDave CampOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-FLDave WeldonOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-AZJ. D. HayworthOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-SCJ. Gresham BarrettOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXJeb HensarlingOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-AZJeff FlakeOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-KSJim RyunOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-COJoel HefleyOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXMac ThornberryOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-INMike PenceOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-ALMike RogersOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-MINick SmithOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-GAPhil GingreyOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXRalph M. HallOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-CARandy (Duke) CunninghamOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-FLRic KellerOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-LARichard H. BakerOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-NCRobin HayesOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-KYRon LewisOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXRon PaulOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-COScott McInnisOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-OHSteve ChabotOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-COThomas G. TancredoOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-KSTodd TiahrtOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-OKTom ColeOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-TXTom DeLayOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-FLTom FeeneyOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalJul 9, 2003
R-MOW. Todd AkinOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalJul 9, 2003
R-COBob BeauprezJul 10, 2003
R-CAWally HergerJun 14, 2004

Withdrew 1 Philip M. Crane R-IL Oct 9, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jul 9, 2003
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Jul 10, 2003
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 9, 2003
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Jul 28, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Jul 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
  3. Jul 9, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Jul 9, 2003Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit voluntary compliance with provisions relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 9, 2003Introduced in House

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