Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - 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).

States that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after enactment of this Act shall be null and void.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2617 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2617

To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon 
                                  Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2014

 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott, Mr. Sessions, 
 Mr. Coburn, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
  Alexander) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon 
                                  Act.

    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 ``Davis-Bacon Repeal Act''.

SEC. 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States Code, is repealed.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.

SEC. 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.
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