2021 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 162 - Energy Infrastructure
Subchapter VI - Wage Rate Requirements
Sec. 18851 - Wage rate requirements
42 U.S.C. § 18851 (2021) |
§18851. Wage rate requirements |
(a) Davis-Bacon
All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction, alteration, or repair work on a project assisted in whole or in part by funding made available under this division or an amendment made by this division shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar projects in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40 (commonly referred to as the "Davis-Bacon Act"). (b) AuthorityWith respect to the labor standards specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40. |
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title XI, §41101, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1130.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This division, referred to in subsec. (a), is div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 923, which enacted this chapter and enacted and amended numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of div. D to the Code, see Tables. The Davis-Bacon Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494, which was classified generally to sections 276a to 276a–5 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed and reenacted as sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, §§1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 162 - ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCHAPTER VI - WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS Sec. 18851 - Wage rate requirements |
section 18851 |
2021 |
January 3, 2022 |
No |
standard |
46 Stat. 1494 116 Stat. 1062 135 Stat. 1130, 923 |
Public Law 107-217, Public Law 117-58 |