2021 US Code
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. 3143 - Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages

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Citation 40 U.S.C. § 3143 (2021)
Section Name §3143. Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages
Section Text

Every contract within the scope of this subchapter shall contain a provision that if the contracting officer finds that any laborer or mechanic employed by the contractor or any subcontractor directly on the site of the work covered by the contract has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the rate of wages required by the contract to be paid, the Federal Government by written notice to the contractor may terminate the contractor's right to proceed with the work or the part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay the required wages. The Government may have the work completed, by contract or otherwise, and the contractor and the contractor's sureties shall be liable to the Government for any excess costs the Government incurs.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1151.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
3143 40:276a–1. Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, §2, 46 Stat. 1494; Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 825, 49 Stat. 1012.

The words "The Government may have the work completed" are substituted for "and to prosecute the work to completion . . . thereby" for clarity.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 3143 - Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages
Contains section 3143
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 46 Stat. 1494
49 Stat. 1012
116 Stat. 1151
Public Law References Public Law 107-217
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