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S 1005 99th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to modify the provisions of such Act prescribing the minimum wages to be paid laborers, mechanics, and helpers employed on public construction projects, and for…

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Official title: A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to modify the provisions of such Act prescribing the minimum wages to be paid laborers, mechanics, and helpers employed on public construction projects, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 1985 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment ApprenticeshipConstruction industriesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment contractors
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This bill died when the 99th Congress ended
It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor.
Apr 25, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Apr 25, 1985
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 30, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to require the Secretary of Labor to base the determination of the prevailing wage for a class of laborers or mechanics or helpers on the wage paid to 50 percent or more of the corresponding class employed on private industry projects of a character similar to the contract work in the urban or rural civil subdivision of the State in which the work is to be performed. Requires that such determination be based on a weighted average if the same wage is not paid to at least 50 percent of such corresponding class.

Increases from $2,000 to $1,000,000 the threshold dollar amount subjecting certain contracts to such Act and requiring them to specify the minimum wages to be paid to laborers, mechanics, and helpers.

Establishes a separate classification for helpers of laborers or mechanics, for purposes of such Act.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Feb 6, 1986
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 27, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1005: A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to modify the provisions of such Act prescribing the minimum wages to be paid laborers, mechanics, and helpers employed on public construction projects, and for other purposes.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1005/
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"S. 1005: A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to modify the provisions of such Act prescribing the minimum wages to be paid laborers, mechanics, and helpers employed on public construction projects, and for other purposes.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1005/.
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S. 1005, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1005/.
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