HR 1319
116th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act
Introduced: February 22, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 22, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 22, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act
This bill 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).
The bill states that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after enactment of this bill shall be null and void.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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