§174 State Human Capital Plans

Summary

Within 18 months after this law is passed, the Secretary must encourage each State to create a voluntary "human capital plan." The plan should cover short- and long-term staffing needs to deliver transportation and public infrastructure paid for under this law. It should consider things like workforce trends and needs, rules and measures that guide hiring, working with schools and industry, plans to recruit and keep skilled workers, aligning management with transportation goals, keeping leadership and knowledge passing on, fixing skill gaps (especially in critical jobs), workforce needs for public‑private projects and procurement, ways to review the department’s human capital work, and how the plan helps meet national performance rules under section 150. If a State makes a plan, it must look ahead at least 5 years and be updated at least once every 5 years. The plan can be separate from or included in the State’s long‑range transportation plan, but no one can be forced to include it. Each State that creates a plan must post it on its DOT website in a user‑friendly format. States may still do other workforce planning not covered here.