Congress 108 - HR 2672 - To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit voluntary compliance with provisions relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects.

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Commerce Construction industries Construction workers Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Government contractors Government Operations and Politics Highway finance Infrastructure Labor and Employment Minimum wages Road construction Subcontractors Transportation and Public Works

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Terminates a provision that requires the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the construction work performed on Federal-aid highway projects are paid prevailing rate wages. Permits a State to enact a law to provide for continued enforcement of the requirements of such provision in that State.

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Jul 28, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jul 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Jul 9, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 9, 2003

Introduced in House

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