[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2630 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2630

        To repeal the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2019

 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Johnson, 
    Mr. Scott of South Carolina, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
        To repeal the wage requirements of 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.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
States Code, is repealed.
    (b) Reference.--Any reference in any law to a requirement under 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, shall be 
null and void.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND LIMITATION.

    Section 2, and the amendment made by such section, shall take 
effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act but shall not 
affect any contract that is--
            (1) in existence on the date that is 30 days after such 
        date of enactment; or
            (2) made pursuant to an invitation for bids outstanding on 
        the date that is 30 days after such date of enactment.
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