Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION › § 5333
The Secretary of Transportation must make sure workers on construction projects paid for with federal grants or loans get at least the local prevailing wages. The wage rates are set by the Secretary of Labor under the federal wage laws (sections 3141–3144, 3146, 3147 and 3145) and under Reorganization Plan No. 14 (effective May 24, 1950, 64 Stat. 1267). The Secretary of Transportation can only approve a grant or loan after being sure those labor rules will be followed. When certain transit grants or loans are given (those listed in 5307–5312, 5316, 5318, 5323, 5328, 5337, and 5338(b)), the Secretary of Labor must approve fair and equitable plans to protect employees. Those plans must cover things like preserving pay and pension rights, keeping collective bargaining, protecting employees from worse job situations, assuring employment for workers of bought systems, giving laid-off workers rehire priority, and paid training. The plans must give benefits at least equal to those in section 11326. Simple equipment-only purchases and minor grant changes can be certified without extra review. When one private bus contractor replaces another after bidding, decisions follow the Department of Labor rulings of September 21, 1994, and November 7, 1994.
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49 U.S.C. § 5333
Title 49 — Transportation
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73