Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Bill: 115-hr-743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-30
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Building construction

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Labor standards

Public contracts and procurement

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Davis-Bacon Repeal Act</b></p> <p> This bill repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be 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).</p> <p>The bill states that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after enactment of this bill shall be null and void. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2017 Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Sanford , Mr. Harper , Mr. Amash , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , and Ms. Jenkins of Kansas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act . 2. Repeal of Davis-Bacon wage requirements (a) In general Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, is repealed. (b) Reference Any reference in any law to a wage requirement of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be null and void. 3. Effective date and limitation The amendment made by section 2 shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not affect any contract in existence on such date of enactment or made pursuant to invitation for bids outstanding on such date of enactment.