3.0.0 1319 2022-11-01T16:32:54Z 2022-11-01T16:32:54Z House HR 2019-02-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 33 (Friday, February 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KING of Iowa:H.R. 1319.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This legislation adjusts the formula the federal governmentuses to spend money on federal contracts, therefore, it isauthorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8,Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.[Page H2047]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-02-22T14:00:40Z Davis-Bacon Repeal Act 116 2630 S 2019-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Refurbishing the Pillars of American Exceptionalism Act of 2020 116 9064 HR 2020-12-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, Appropriations, Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Veterans' Affairs, and Foreign Affairs, 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. Related bill CRS 2019-02-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-02-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-02-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] Steve King R IA 4 N G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2019-02-22 True D000615 Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] Jeff Duncan R SC 3 2019-02-22 True N000190 Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] Ralph Norman R SC 5 2019-03-05 False Labor and Employment Building construction Government buildings, facilities, and property Labor standards Public contracts and procurement Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2019-02-22 Introduced in House 2019-03-06T16:24:22Z 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.

]]> Davis-Bacon Repeal Act Display Title Davis-Bacon Repeal Act Official Title as Introduced To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Davis-Bacon Repeal Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1319ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1319ih.xml 2019-02-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.