,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cifc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,mr4 
,garamendi 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,brownley1
 ,mr4 ,lynch1 and ,ms4 ,tlaib7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #bc1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require that public   
employees perform construction          
inspection work for federally funded    
highway projects1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,public ,inspectors 
for ,safe ,infrastructure ,act4  #b4    
,requiring construction inspection      
services for certain highway contracts  
to be performed by public employees     
,section #aab7;b7 of title #bc1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7#e7            
,construction inspection services  7,a7 
,in general ,in entering into a contract
 under this section for the construction

 of a project subject to subsection 7a71
 including a design-build project under 
paragraph 7#c7 and a project using a    
#b-phase contract under paragraph 7#d71 
a ,state transportation department or   
local transportation agency shall ensure
 that a public employee performs        
construction inspection functions for   
such project4  7,b7 ,exception ,if a    
,state transportation department or     
local transportation agency does not    
have adequate existing or obtainable    
staff to perform construction inspection
 functions as required under            
subparagraph 7,a71 the department or    
agency may obtain such services pursuant
 to temporary consultant contracts until
 the department or agency has adequate  
or existing staff to perform such       
functions4  7,c7 ,time period ,any      
temporary contracts to provide          
construction inspection services under  
this subsection shall not exceed the    
period that ends on the date that is #ab
 months after the date on which the     

contract is awarded4  7,d7 ,reporting   
and ,transparency  7i7 ,in general ,at  
least once each fiscal year1 a ,state   
transportation department or local      
transportation agency utilizing the     
exception authority provided in         
subparagraph 7,b7 shall submit to the   
,secretary a report containing--  7,i7 a
 description of all construction        
inspection functions provided through   
temporary consultant contracts under    
such clause2 and  7,,ii7 a detailed     
justification of the need for each      
exception to the requirement of such    
clause4  7ii7 ,transparency ,the        
,secretary shall make the report        
submitted under clause 7i7 available to 
the public through the website of the   
,department4  7,e7 ,definitions ,in this
 subsection3  7i7 ,construction         
inspection function ,the term           
#8construction inspection function'     
includes construction engineering1      
contract administration1 on-site quality
 control inspection1 materials testing1 

and the functions of a resident engineer
 or assistant resident engineer         
responsible for the acceptance or       
rejection of a project subject to the   
provisions of subsection 7a7 of this    
section4  7ii7 ,public employee ,the    
term public employee means an employee  
of the ,federal ,government1 a ,state   
government1 or a local government4  4