2011 US Code
Title 40 - Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Subtitle II - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS (§§ 3101 - 9507)
Part A - GENERAL (§§ 3101 - 3708)
Chapter 31 - GENERAL (§§ 3101 - 3177)
Subchapter IV - WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS (§§ 3141 - 3148)
Section 3142 - Rate of wages for laborers and mechanics
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS SUBTITLE II - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS PART A - GENERAL CHAPTER 31 - GENERAL SUBCHAPTER IV - WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS Sec. 3142 - Rate of wages for laborers and mechanics |
Contains | section 3142 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1150; Pub. L. 109-284, §6(12), (13), Sept. 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 1213. |
Statutes at Large References | 46 Stat. 1494 49 Stat. 1011 54 Stat. 399 74 Stat. 418 78 Stat. 238, 239 116 Stat. 1150 120 Stat. 1213 |
Public Law References | Public Law 86-624, Public Law 88-349, Public Law 107-217, Public Law 109-284 |
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(b)
(c)
(1) the contractor or subcontractor shall pay all mechanics and laborers employed directly on the site of the work, unconditionally and at least once a week, and without subsequent deduction or rebate on any account, the full amounts accrued at time of payment, computed at wage rates not less than those stated in the advertised specifications, regardless of any contractual relationship which may be alleged to exist between the contractor or subcontractor and the laborers and mechanics;
(2) the contractor will post the scale of wages to be paid in a prominent and easily accessible place at the site of the work; and
(3) there may be withheld from the contractor so much of accrued payments as the contracting officer considers necessary to pay to laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or any subcontractor on the work the difference between the rates of wages required by the contract to be paid laborers and mechanics on the work and the rates of wages received by the laborers and mechanics and not refunded to the contractor or subcontractors or their agents.
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(e)
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1150; Pub. L. 109–284, §6(12), (13), Sept. 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 1213.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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3142(a), (b) | 40:276a(a) (words before 1st semicolon). | Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, §1(a), 46 Stat. 1494; Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 825, 49 Stat. 1011; June 15, 1940, ch. 373, §1, 54 Stat. 399; Pub. L. 86–624, §26, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 418; Pub. L. 88–349, §1, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 238. |
3142(c) | 40:276a(a) (words after 1st semicolon). | |
3142(d) | 40:276a(b) (1st par. proviso). | Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, §1(b) (1st par. proviso, last par.), as added Pub. L. 88–349, §1, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 239. |
3142(e) | 40:276a(b) (last par.). |
In subsection (a), the words “a State” are substituted for “the geographical limits of the States of the Union” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code and to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (b), the words “city, town, village, or other” are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (d), the words “of a type” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “basic hourly rate of pay” are substituted for “rate of pay described in paragraph (1)” for clarity.
Amendments2006—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–284, §6(12), inserted “of this title” after “amount referred to in section 3141(2)(B)”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–284, §6(13), inserted “of this title” after “determined under section 3141(2)(B)”.
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