To make the Davis-Bacon Act applicable to rural development loan and loan guarantee programs.

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Bill Number

HR 6267

Introduced

Jun 12, 2008

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.

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Construction industries Construction workers Economics and Public Finance Federally-guaranteed loans Government contractors Government lending Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Minimum wages Rural economic development Subcontractors Wages

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Summary

Requires that laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on construction and minor remodeling projects assisted under a rural development loan or loan guarantee program be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar projects in the locality pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act.

Actions

Nov 19, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
Jun 12, 2008

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Jun 12, 2008

Introduced in House

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