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S 2929 97th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act.

Introduced: September 17, 1982 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 27, 1982
Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department; GAO; OMB.
Sep 27, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor.
Sep 17, 1982
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Sep 17, 1982
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 27, 1982

Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department; GAO; OMB.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to base the determination of the wages prevailing for the classes of laborers, mechanics, and helpers corresponding to workers under a Federal contract upon: (1) the wage paid to 50 percent or more of such corresponding classes of laborers, mechanics, and helpers employed doing work similar to the Federal contract work in the urban or rural civil subdivision of the State in which the contract work is to be performed; or (2) the weighted average of wages paid such classes of workers, if the same wage is not paid to 50 percent or more of such workers.

Raises the minimum amount of any Federal contract to which such Act applies from $2,000 to $100,000.

Adds "helpers" to the list of workers to whom such Act applies.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 17, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2929: A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-2929/
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"S. 2929: A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-2929/.
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S. 2929, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-2929/.
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