A bill to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, and for other purposes.

Summary

Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the rate of wages for workers employed on Federal public buildings by contractors and subcontractors to be based upon the prevailing wages for corresponding classes of workers employed on similar projects in the same area.

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Timeline

1. 15 January 1979

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 January 1979

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 15 January 1979

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
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