Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 80 — Public Works Employment
§ 6708. Wage standards for laborers and mechanics; enforcement
Statutory text
All laborers and mechanics employed on projects assisted by the Secretary under this chapter shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40. The Secretary shall not extend any financial assistance under this chapter for such project without first obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this provision, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267), and section 3145 of title 40.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–369 title I § 109 · 90 Stat. 999
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6708
Pub. L. 94–369, title I, § 109, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1001
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–369, title I, § 109, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1001Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 109. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or Labor standards. 42 USC 6708. subcontractors on projects assisted by the Secretary under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5). The Secretary shall not extend any financial assistance under this Act for such project without first obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this provision, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 5 USC app. I. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 133z–15), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1964, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c).Public Works Employment Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–28 title I § 108 · 91 Stat. 116
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6708
Pub. L. 95–28 substituted “All laborers and mechanics employed” for “All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 95–28 substituted “All laborers and mechanics employed” for “All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 108. The first sentence of section 109 of the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 is amended by striking 42 USC 6708. out “by contractors or subcontractors”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Codification
In text, “sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5)” and “section 3145 of title 40” substituted for “section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1964, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c)”, meaning section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), , 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Amendments
1977—Pub. L. 95–28 substituted “All laborers and mechanics employed” for “All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors”.
Credits
1976–1977 · 2 acts
- 1976Pub. L. 94–369, title I, § 109, , 90 Stat. 1001
- 1977Pub. L. 95–28, title I, § 108, , 91 Stat. 119.
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(Pub. L. 94–369, title I, § 109, , 90 Stat. 1001; Pub. L. 95–28, title I, § 108, , 91 Stat. 119.)