[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 746 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 746

To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2011

 Mr. Mack (for himself, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Paul, Mr. Chaffetz, 
   Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
   Cassidy, Mr. Herger, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
   Lamborn, Mr. Culberson, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Neugebauer, and Mr. 
   Jordan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon 
                                  Act.

    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 ``Davis-Bacon Repeal Act''.

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

    Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, is 
repealed.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND LIMITATION.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not affect any contract 
in existence on such date of enactment or made pursuant to invitation 
for bids outstanding on such date of enactment.
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