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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 805
To repeal the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 17 (legislative day, MARCH 16), 2021
Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs.
BLACKBURN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To repeal the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Repeal
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of
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title 40, United States Code, is repealed.
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(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law to a re-
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quirement under subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40,
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United States Code, shall be null and void.
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND LIMITATION.
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Section 2, and the amendment made by such section,
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shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of
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this Act but shall not affect any contract that is—
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(1) in existence on the date that is 30 days
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after such date of enactment; or
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(2) made pursuant to an invitation for bids out-
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standing on the date that is 30 days after such date
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of enactment.
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