[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 467 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 467

Requesting that the President transmit to the House of Representatives 
  information in his possession relating to contracts for services or 
construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages 
                  and benefits to be paid to workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2005

 Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. Owens, Ms. Woolsey, 
 Mr. Bishop of New York, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Van Hollen, 
  Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. McCollum of 
Minnesota, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Wu, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
   Holt, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
Andrews, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Kind) submitted the following resolution; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requesting that the President transmit to the House of Representatives 
  information in his possession relating to contracts for services or 
construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages 
                  and benefits to be paid to workers.

    Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests that the 
President transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution--
            (1) copies of any portions of any contracts in his 
        possession for services or building or other construction 
        (including pre-awarded contracts or contracts that were 
        modified or extended) related to Hurricane Katrina recovery or 
        rebuilding that address wages and benefits to be paid to 
        workers pursuant to the Act commonly known as the Davis-Bacon 
        Act (40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.), the Service Contract Act of 1965 
        (41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), or the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
        1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) that were awarded by the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency (or at the request of such agency) 
        or by the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, 
        Health and Human Services, or Defense, or the Army Corps of 
        Engineers; and
            (2) any communications in his possession made or received, 
        on or after August 26, 2005, by the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency or by the Departments of Labor, Education, 
        Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, or Defense, or 
        the Army Corps of Engineers, related to compliance with or 
        enforcement of the Act commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act 
        (40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.), the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 
        U.S.C. 351 et seq.), or the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
        (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) in the geographic areas specified in 
        the President's Proclamation 7924 of September 8, 2005.
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