[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 448 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 448

To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to 
     as the Davis-Bacon Act), be determined by the Bureau of Labor 
                              Statistics.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2013

  Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to 
     as the Davis-Bacon Act), be determined by the Bureau of Labor 
                              Statistics.

    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 ``Responsibility in Federal 
Contracting Act''.

SEC. 2. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DETERMINATION OF PREVAILING WAGE.

    Section 3142(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(acting through the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics of the Department of Labor)'' after ``Secretary of 
        Labor''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, using surveys carried out by the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics that use proper random statistical sampling 
        techniques''.
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