[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1042 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1042

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 14, 2017

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, 
  Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
  Jones, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Stewart) 
 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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