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[CITE: 14USC666]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                       CHAPTER 17--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 666. Local hire

    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, each contract awarded by the 
Coast Guard for construction or services to be performed in whole or in 
part in a State that has an unemployment rate in excess of the national 
average rate of unemployment (as determined by the Secretary of Labor) 
shall include a provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the 
purpose of performing that portion of the contract in that State, 
individuals who are local residents and who, in the case of any craft or 
trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary 
skills. The Secretary of Transportation may waive the requirements of 
this subsection in the interest of national security or economic 
efficiency.
    (b) Local Resident Defined.--As used in this section, ``local 
resident'' means a resident of, or an individual who commutes daily to, 
a State described in subsection (a).

(Added Pub. L. 101-225, title II, Sec. 206(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 
1912.)
