Livable Wage Act

Livable Wage Act - Prohibits Federal executive agencies from entering into any contract which does not require that the wages and benefits paid under that Federal contract (and its subcontracts) be greater than the poverty line for a family of four in the local area.

Makes such wage requirement inapplicable to: (1) bona fide job training or apprenticeship programs; or (2) contracts with businesses with 50 or fewer employees.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 314 Introduced in House (IH)]




                            January 6, 1999


106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 314

 To require that wages paid under a Federal contract are greater than 
            the local poverty line, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

  Mr. Vento introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that wages paid under a Federal contract are greater than 
            the local poverty line, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Livable Wage Act''.

SEC. 2. WAGES UNDER CONTRACTS.

    (a) General Rule.--No executive agency of the Government of the 
United States (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code) may enter into a contract which does not require that the wages 
paid under the contract, including wages paid under any subcontract to 
such contract but not including wages paid in connection with a bona 
fide job training or apprenticeship program, exceed the poverty line 
(as defined in section 673(2)) of the Community Service Block Grant Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) for a family of 4 in the area in which such 
contract or subcontract will be executed. For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ``wages'' includes any benefits made available 
with wages such as health insurance.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to contracts between 
an executive agency and a business entity with 50 or fewer employees.
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