[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3135 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3135

To amend the provisions of title 40, United States Code, commonly known 
    as the Davis-Bacon Act, to raise the threshold dollar amount of 
     contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements of such 
                              provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2011

Mr. Duncan of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
   Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Jones, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Franks of 
Arizona, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Amash, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Flores, Mrs. Blackburn, 
  Mr. Pitts, Mr. Cole, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
 Manzullo, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Ross of Florida, Ms. Jenkins, and Mr. Berg) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the provisions of title 40, United States Code, commonly known 
    as the Davis-Bacon Act, to raise the threshold dollar amount of 
     contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements of such 
                              provisions.

    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 ``Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. THRESHOLD OF CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO DAVIS-BACON.

    Section 3142(a) of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code is 
amended by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$50,000''.
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