Sec. 1920. TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT

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## SEC. 1920 TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ###

(a)Findings Congress finds the following: ####

(1)Federal-aid highway programs provide State and local governments and other recipients substantial funds for projects that produce significant employment and job-training opportunities. ####

(2)Every $1,000,000,000 in Federal infrastructure investment creates an estimated 47,500 jobs. ####

(3)Jobs in transportation construction, including apprenticeship positions, typically pay more than twice the minimum wage, and include health and other benefits. ####

(4)Transportation projects provide the impetus for job training and employment opportunities for low income individuals residing in the area in which a transportation project is planned. ####

(5)Transportation projects can offer young people, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged, the opportunity to gain productive employment. ####

(6)The Alameda Corridor, a $2,400,000,000 transportation project, is an example of a transportation project that included a local hiring provision resulting in a full 30 percent of the project jobs being filled by locally hired and trained men and women. ###

(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that Federal transportation projects should facilitate and encourage the collaboration between interested persons, including Federal, State, and local governments, community colleges, apprentice programs, local high schools, and other community-based organizations that have an interest in improving the job skills of low-income individuals, to help leverage scarce training and community resources and to help ensure local participation in the building of transportation projects. * * * * * * *