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HR 7185 110th Congress House

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects.

Introduced: September 27, 2008 Introduced by: Foxx, Virginia Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Government Operations and PoliticsGovernment contractorsHighway financeInfrastructureLabor and EmploymentMass rapid transitMinimum wagesRoad constructionTransportation engineeringWages
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Sep 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 27, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 27, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 28, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway construction projects and public transportation construction projects).

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7185: To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7185/
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"H.R. 7185: To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7185/.
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H.R. 7185, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7185/.
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[H.R. 7185: To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7185/)
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