[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1749 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1749

  To reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-
 Bacon Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2005

   Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
    Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
 Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Kerry, 
Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
 Bayh, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
Obama) 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 reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-
 Bacon Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

    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 ``Fair Wages for Hurricane Katrina 
Recovery Workers Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS.

    Notwithstanding the proclamation by the President dated September 
8, 2005, or any other provision of law, the provisions of subchapter IV 
of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (and the provisions of 
all other related Acts to the extent they depend upon a determination 
by the Secretary of Labor under section 3142 of such title, whether or 
not the President has the authority to suspend the operation of such 
provisions), shall apply to all contracts to which such provisions 
would otherwise apply that are entered into on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act, to be performed in the counties affected by 
Hurricane Katrina and described in such proclamation.
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