[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2281. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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     United States Code, is repealed.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 wage 
     requirement of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code, shall be null and void.
       (c) Effective Date and Limitation.--Subsections (a) and 
     (b), and the amendment made by such subsections, shall take 
     effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act but 
     shall not affect any contract--
       (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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