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Transportation Infrastructure: A Comparison of Federal and State Highway Laws

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 27, 1990
Report No. RCED-90-157
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Summary:

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared federal and state wage, environmental protection, disadvantaged business, and highway design laws to determine whether five states' laws offered protections in areas equal to protections afforded by federal laws.

GAO found that: (1) all five states have laws that parallel the Davis-Bacon Act, with minor variations; (2) three of the five states have laws that parallel the Environmental Policy Act; (3) all five states established disadvantaged business contracting programs intended to encourage disadvantaged business participation in public works contracts; and (4) neither federal nor state statutes contain substantive operative standards for highway design.

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