[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1763 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1763

To promote the employment of workers displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 
       connection with Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2005

  Mrs. Boxer 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 promote the employment of workers displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 
       connection with Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts.

    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 ``Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction and 
Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENT.

    In entering into a contract to procure services in connection with 
Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts, the head of an executive 
agency shall give a preference in the source selection process to each 
offeror that employs workers who have been displaced by Hurricane 
Katrina as not less than 25 percent of the workforce that will perform 
such services.

SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF PREVAILING WAGES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the President's proclamation of 
September 8, 2005, and any other provision of law, all laborers and 
mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance 
of Federal contracts for the procurement of services in connection with 
Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts shall be paid wages at rates 
not less than those prevailing for similar work in the locality 
involved as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code.
    (b) Authority.--The Secretary Labor shall have, with respect to the 
labor standards specified in this section, the authority and functions 
set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 
3176) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code.

SEC. 4. EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given 
such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(41 U.S.C. 403).
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