[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1228

To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 to provide new job opportunities, 
  effect significant cost savings on Federal construction contracts, 
  promote small business participation in Federal contracting, reduce 
    unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 14 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Mack, Mr. Burns, 
 Mr. Smith, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Craig) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                       Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 to provide new job opportunities, 
  effect significant cost savings on Federal construction contracts, 
  promote small business participation in Federal contracting, reduce 
    unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Davis-Bacon Repeal Act''.

SEC. 2. DAVIS-BACON ACT OF 1931 REPEALED.

    The Act of March 3, 1931, entitled ``An Act relating to the rate of 
wages for laborers and mechanics employed on public buildings of the 
United States and the District of Columbia by contractors and 
subcontractors, and for other purposes'' (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5), 
commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act, is repealed.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act shall take effect thirty days after the 
date of enactment of this Act but shall not affect any contract in 
existence on that date or made pursuant to invitations for bids 
outstanding on that date.

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