113 HR 448 IH: Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act U.S. House of Representatives 2013-02-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 448 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2013 Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act), be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics determination of prevailing wage

Section 3142(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1)by inserting (acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) after Secretary of Labor; and (2)by inserting before the period at the end the following: , using surveys carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.