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Housing Supply Expansion Act

USA118th CongressHR-1053| House 
| Updated: 2/14/2023
Beth Van Duyne

Beth Van Duyne

Republican Representative

Texas

Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Housing Supply Expansion Act This bill modifies the federal prevailing wage rates that apply to the construction of federally assisted housing and requires the Department of Labor to convene a working group to review its process for determining prevailing wage rates. Specifically, the bill allows Labor to base the prevailing wage rates on rates in other geographic groupings (e.g., metropolitan statistical areas) besides civil subdivisions (e.g., counties) where the work is to be performed. The bill applies this modified methodology to public housing projects under various statutes. Additionally, the bill requires Labor to make no more than one wage rate determination for each project. The wage rate must be based on rates for residential construction (rather than rates for building construction or other categories). In addition, Labor must establish a working group of federal agencies and industry stakeholders to review and recommend revisions to prevailing wage rates for residential construction and affordable housing projects. The working group must recommend, for example, whether units with more than four floors should be classified as residential for purposes of prevailing wage rates.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-8235
Housing Supply Expansion Act
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 18, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-1682
Introduced in Senate
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-8235
    Housing Supply Expansion Act


  • February 14, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • February 14, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • May 18, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-1682
    Introduced in Senate

Housing and Community Development

Related Bills

  • S 118-1682: Housing Supply Expansion Act
Advisory bodiesBuilding constructionCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborExecutive agency funding and structureHousing supply and affordabilityLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingWages and earnings

Housing Supply Expansion Act

USA118th CongressHR-1053| House 
| Updated: 2/14/2023
Housing Supply Expansion Act This bill modifies the federal prevailing wage rates that apply to the construction of federally assisted housing and requires the Department of Labor to convene a working group to review its process for determining prevailing wage rates. Specifically, the bill allows Labor to base the prevailing wage rates on rates in other geographic groupings (e.g., metropolitan statistical areas) besides civil subdivisions (e.g., counties) where the work is to be performed. The bill applies this modified methodology to public housing projects under various statutes. Additionally, the bill requires Labor to make no more than one wage rate determination for each project. The wage rate must be based on rates for residential construction (rather than rates for building construction or other categories). In addition, Labor must establish a working group of federal agencies and industry stakeholders to review and recommend revisions to prevailing wage rates for residential construction and affordable housing projects. The working group must recommend, for example, whether units with more than four floors should be classified as residential for purposes of prevailing wage rates.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-8235
Housing Supply Expansion Act
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 18, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-1682
Introduced in Senate
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-8235
    Housing Supply Expansion Act


  • February 14, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • February 14, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • May 18, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-1682
    Introduced in Senate
Beth Van Duyne

Beth Van Duyne

Republican Representative

Texas

Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

Housing and Community Development

Related Bills

  • S 118-1682: Housing Supply Expansion Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesBuilding constructionCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborExecutive agency funding and structureHousing supply and affordabilityLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingWages and earnings