Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

Bill: 115-hr-1042
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-14
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction

Census and government statistics

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Public contracts and procurement

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act</b></p> <p> This bill 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 Department 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 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1042 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2017 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. Jones , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Schweikert , and Mr. Stewart ) 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 .