Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1498

 119 STAT. 1480

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

and recommendations. The reports shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $2,000,000 fiscal year 2006 and $3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009. (2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized under this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except the Federal share of the cost of the analysis and report shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable. 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. SEC. 1921. UPDATE OF OBSOLETE TEXT.

Section 137(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘on the Federal-aid urban system’’ and inserting ‘‘on a Federal-aid highway’’.

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