Davis–Bacon Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Labor
gptkbp:affects construction industry
federal contractors
gptkbp:amendedBy multiple times
gptkbp:appliesTo federally funded or assisted construction contracts over $2,000
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:40_U.S.C._§§_3141–3148
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1931-03-03
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy withholding of contract payments
debarment of contractors
gptkbp:fullTitle An Act to Prevail the Payment of the Prevailing Wage on Public Works
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:James_J._Davis
gptkb:Robert_L._Bacon
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Davis–Bacon_Prevailing_Wage_Act
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_71-798
gptkbp:purpose to require payment of local prevailing wages on public works projects for laborers and mechanics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:trade_unionist
public works
prevailing wage laws
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation gptkb:46_Stat._1494
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Department_of_Labor_regulations
legal challenges
policy debates
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Service_Contract_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Davis–Bacon Act

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