H.R. 3376

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025

Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman

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Sec. 8. Labor provisions

(a) Prevailing rate of wage. Nothing in this Act shall affect the applicability of the requirements relating to labor standards of sections 513 and 602(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372, 1382(b)(6)) and section 1450(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)) to projects carried out under those Acts.

(b) Project labor agreements

(1) Clean water revolving funds. Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)), as amended by section 7, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

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(16) the State will—

(A) permit recipients of assistance under this title to enter into agreements authorized under section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (commonly known as project labor agreements) with respect to projects for building or construction carried out with such assistance; and

(B) ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, recipients of assistance under this title carry out such projects through the use of such agreements.

(2) Drinking water revolving funds. Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended—

(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:

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(7) Project labor agreements. Each agreement under this subsection shall require that the State permit recipients of assistance under this section to enter into agreements authorized under section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (commonly known as project labor agreements) with respect to projects for building or construction carried out with such assistance.

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(B) in subsection (b)(3)(A)—

(i) in clause (ii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;

(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

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(iv) with respect to projects for building or construction, will be carried out through the use of agreements authorized under section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act.