[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3684 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3684

To suspend the Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for Federal contracts 
                 in areas declared national disasters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2005

 Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Kline, Mr. McHenry, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
    Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
Culberson, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Goode, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Pitts, 
   Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Istook, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. 
   Feeney, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
Doolittle, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Pence, Mr. Wamp, and 
  Mr. Garrett of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend the Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for Federal contracts 
                 in areas declared national disasters.

    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 ``Cleanup and Reconstruction 
Enhancement Act (CARE Act)''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS IN NATIONAL 
              DISASTER AREAS.

    Section 3147 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``In any area that the President determines 
to be a major disaster under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), the 
provisions of this subchapter shall not apply for a period of 1 year 
from the date on which the President makes such determination.''
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