Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act
Latest action · Oct 12, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act - Reinstates the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all federal contracts in counties affected by Hurricane Katrina, notwithstanding the President's proclamation dated September 8, 2005, or any other provision of law.
Cosponsors 204
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2005 to Sep 28, 2005; 160 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WI | David R. Obey | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Melissa L. Bean | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Sep 28, 2005 |
Withdrew 1 Tom Price R-GA Sep 15, 2005
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2005 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Oct 12, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1845)
- Sep 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8156, H8157 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Kendrick B. Meek D-FL, Tim Ryan D-OH | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1845 | George Miller D-CA | Sep 14, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94-408 | The Davis-Bacon Act: Institutional Evolution and Public Policy Archived | Report | Nov 30, 2007 |
| RL33100 | The Davis-Bacon Act: Suspension Archived | Report | Feb 8, 2006 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1749 | Fair Wages for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Workers Act | Related bill | Sep 21, 2005 |
| S 1763 | Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction and Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2005 | Related bill | Sep 22, 2005 |
| S 1817 | CARE Act | Related bill | Oct 4, 2005 |
| S 1925 | Rebuild With Respect Act | Related bill | Oct 26, 2005 |
| HR 3684 | Cleanup and Reconstruction Enhancement Act (CARE Act) | Related bill | Oct 12, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House
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