Bill > S2617

This bill, titled the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, proposes to eliminate the wage rate requirements established by the Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act, enacted in 1931, mandates that contractors and subcontractors on federal government construction projects pay their laborers and mechanics no less than the prevailing wages for the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor. This bill would repeal the specific section of U.S. Code (Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40) that contains these wage requirements, meaning any existing references to these wage requirements in other laws would become invalid. The repeal would take effect 30 days after the bill is enacted, but it would not apply to any contracts that are already in effect or were initiated through bids that were outstanding on the date of enactment.