[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2283 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2283

 To provide for the creation of an additional category of laborers or 
         mechanics known as helpers under the Davis-Bacon Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2003

    Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Norwood, and Mr. King of Iowa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the creation of an additional category of laborers or 
         mechanics known as helpers under the Davis-Bacon Act.

    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 ``Helpers Job Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON ACT.

    (a) General Rule.--Helpers of laborers and mechanics shall be 
considered to be a separate classification of laborers or mechanics for 
purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code 
(40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.), commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act. A 
helper of a laborer or mechanic shall be paid the prevailing wage of 
helpers of laborers or mechanics employed on projects which are of a 
character similar to the project on which the helper is employed and 
which are in the same city, town, or other subdivision of the State (or 
District of Columbia) in which the helper is employed.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term 
``helper'' means a semi-skilled worker (other than a skilled journeyman 
mechanic) who--
            (1) works under the direction of and assists a journeyman;
            (2) under the journeyman's direction and supervision, 
        performs a variety of duties to assist the journeyman, such as 
        preparing, carrying, and furnishing materials, tools, 
        equipment, and supplies, maintaining them in order, cleaning 
        and preparing work areas, lifting, positioning, and holding 
        materials or tools, and other related semi-skilled tasks as 
        directed by the journeyman; and
            (3) may use tools of the trade at and under the direction 
        and supervision of the journeyman.
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