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14 U.S.C. § 904 — Local hire

submitted 37 years ago by Pub. L. 101-225 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 153 words · no verdicts yet

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The Coast Guard must require local hiring for certain construction and service contracts in States with above-average unemployment. The department Secretary may waive this requirement for national security or economic efficiency.

(a) If a Coast Guard construction or service contract will be performed partly or wholly in a State whose unemployment rate is higher than the national average, the contract must require the contractor to hire local residents for the work in that State. For each craft or trade, the residents must already have, or be able to quickly gain, the needed skills. The Secretary of the department where the Coast Guard operates may waive this requirement for national security or economic efficiency. (b) “Local resident” means a person who lives in, or commutes daily to, a State described in subsection (a). This section does not define any other quoted term.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

Notwithstanding any other law, each contract awarded by the Coast Guard for construction or services to be performed in whole or in part in a State that has an unemployment rate in excess of the national average rate of unemployment (as determined by the Secretary of Labor) shall include a provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract in that State, individuals who are local residents and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may waive the requirements of this subsection in the interest of national security or economic efficiency.

(b)Local Resident Defined.—

As used in this section, “local resident” means a resident of, or an individual who commutes daily to, a State described in subsection (a).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 101–225, title II, § 206(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1912, § 666; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 112–213, title II, § 217(10), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1558; renumbered § 904, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1989Enacted · Pub. L. 101-225 · 103 Stat. 1912
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2314
  • 2012Amended · Pub. L. 112-213 · 126 Stat. 1558
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-282 · 132 Stat. 4205

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-225 on 1989-12-12.

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