Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

Bill: 114-hr-924
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Public contracts and procurement

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act</b></p> <p> Requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act) be determined by the Secretary of Labor (as under current law), but acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using surveys carried out by BLS that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 924 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2015 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Jolly , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Stewart , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Latta , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Barton , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Jones , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Grothman , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Pompeo , and Mr. Miller of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act), be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act . 2. Bureau of Labor Statistics determination of prevailing wage Section 3142(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) after Secretary of Labor ; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , using surveys carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that use proper random statistical sampling techniques .