I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3763 
To reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon 
Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. OWENS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. 
STARK, Mr. FARR, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. WU, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. HONDA, Ms. LEE, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. REYES, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FILNER, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. VISCLOSKY, 
Mr. LANTOS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SHERMAN, 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. DICKS, Mr. JEFFERSON, 
Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. UDALL of New Mex-
ico, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. BALDWIN, 
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Min-
nesota, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
RUSH, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SABO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. OBEY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of 
California, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARNAHAN, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. COOPER, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. EVANS, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. 
LYNCH, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Ms. 
BERKLEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. COSTA, 
Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
MOLLOHAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. 
CARSON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,
Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. WYNN, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 
Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
BECERRA, Ms. WATSON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. BERRY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LARSEN 
of Washington, Mr. STRICKLAND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. MELANCON, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, and Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To reinstate the application of the wage requirements of 
the Davis-Bacon Act to Federal contracts in areas af-
fected by Hurricane Katrina. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Wages for Hurri-
cane Victims Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Notwithstanding the proclamation by the President 
dated September 8, 2005, or any other provision of law, 
the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
United States Code (and the provisions of all other related 
Acts to the extent they depend upon a determination by 
the Secretary of Labor under section 3142 of such title, 
whether or not the President has the authority to suspend
the operation of such provisions), shall apply to all con-
tracts to which such provisions would otherwise apply that 
are entered into on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, to be performed in the counties affected by Hurricane 
Katrina and described in such proclamation. 
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