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    <item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="2963" measure-id="id117s2963" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-10-07" update-date="2022-04-04">
        <title>Service Contract Modernization Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117s2963v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2022-04-04">
            <action-date>2021-10-07</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Service Contract Modernization Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases a threshold used to determine whether an employee of a federal services contractor or subcontractor is entitled to wages and fringe benefits prevailing in the locality where services are performed (or in a predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement).</p> <p>Under current law, a federal contractor or subcontractor that enters into a service contract in excess of $2,500 must comply with prevailing wage and related requirements. This bill increases that amount by adjusting it for inflation since 1965 and provides for future increases based on inflation.<br> </p>]]></summary-text>
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