Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal
§ 6979. Labor standards
Statutory text
No grant for a project of construction under this chapter shall be made unless the Administrator finds that the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects of the type covered by sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40, will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with those sections; and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in this section the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176) 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.
Pub. L. 89–272 title II § 7009 · 79 Stat. 992
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6979
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2828
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2828Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980
Pub. L. 96–482 § 28 · 94 Stat. 2334
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6979
Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 28. Section 7009 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 42 USC 6979. striking out “unless the Secretary” and substituting “unless the Administrator”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
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)”, “those sections” substituted for “that Act”, and “section 3145 of title 40” substituted for “section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c)”, 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.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3256 of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94–580.
Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary”.
Credits
1976–1980 · 2 acts
- 1976Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2828
- 1980amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 28, , 94 Stat. 2349.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2828; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 28, , 94 Stat. 2349.)