Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3963 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3963 To amend title 23, United States Code, to require that public employees perform construction inspection work for federally funded highway projects, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2025 Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Lynch, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to require that public employees perform construction inspection work for federally funded highway projects, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN HIGHWAY CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Section 112(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(5) Construction inspection services.-- ``(A) In general.--In entering into a contract under this section for the construction of a project subject to subsection (a), including a design-build project under paragraph (3) and a project using a 2- phase contract under paragraph (4), a State transportation department or local transportation agency shall ensure that a public employee performs construction inspection functions for such project. ``(B) 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 (A), the department or agency may ob