[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1157

          To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 1999

Mr. Smith of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. 
  Nickles, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Cochran) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
          To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act.

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

SECTION 1. DAVIS-BACON ACT.

    (a) Repeal.--The Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.) 
(commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act) is repealed.
    (b) References.--Any reference in any law to a wage requirement of 
the Act of March 3, 1931, shall after the date of the enactment of this 
Act be null and void.

SEC. 2. COPELAND ACT.

    Section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c) (commonly 
referred to as the ``Copeland Act'') is repealed.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 1 and 2 shall take effect 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not affect any 
contract in existence on such date of enactment or made pursuant to 
invitation for bids outstanding on such date of enactment.
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