Davis-Bacon Abolition Act

Davis-Bacon Abolition Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 3774 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3774

                     To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1994

 Mr. Inglis of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
                     To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Davis-Bacon Abolition Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL.

    The Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5) (known as the 
Davis-Bacon Act) is repealed.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The repeal made by section 2 shall take effect 5 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. Such repeal shall not affect the 
validity or continued operation of a contract entered into before the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

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