[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2654 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2654

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

                              May 25, 2017

 Mr. Duncan of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Amash, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Buck) 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. DAVIS BACON ACT CONTRACT THRESHOLD.

    Section 3142(a) of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, 
commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act, is amended by striking 
``$2,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000''.
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