[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5419]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING ACT

  (Mr. GOSAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, this House has a critical opportunity to 
reform the Federal contracting process, save the taxpayers billions of 
dollars, and spur job creation. Last Thursday, I introduced the Fiscal 
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act to suspend the Davis-Bacon 
Act for 10 years.
  The Davis-Bacon Act requires the Department of Labor to, essentially, 
set wage rates for workers on Federal construction projects. The 
metrics used to come up with these wages are deeply flawed and inflate 
the labor costs of Federal construction projects by 22 percent.
  Suspending this act, as Presidents of both parties have done in the 
past, would save the taxpayers billions per year and empower Federal 
contractors to employ more people on their projects. Imagine getting 
five Federal projects for the price of four. That's a win/win for the 
U.S. taxpayer and construction workers.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in this important reform bill by 
cosponsoring H.R. 4403.

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