[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR1006.345]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 1006--NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--Program Requirements
 
Sec. 1006.345  Labor standards.

    (a) Davis-Bacon wage rates. (1) As described in section 805(b) of 
the Act, contracts and agreements for assistance, sale or lease under 
this part must require prevailing wage rates determined by the Secretary 
of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5) to be paid to 
laborers and mechanics employed in the development of affordable 
housing.
    (2) When NHHBG assistance is only used to assist homebuyers to 
acquire single family housing, the Davis-Bacon wage rates apply to the 
construction of the housing if there is a written agreement with the 
owner or developer of the housing that NHHBG assistance will be used to 
assist homebuyers to buy the housing.
    (3) Prime contracts not in excess of $2000 are exempt from Davis-
Bacon wage rates.
    (b) HUD-determined wage rates. Section 805(b) of the Act also 
mandates that contracts and agreements for assistance, sale or lease 
under the Act require that prevailing wages determined

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or adopted (subsequent to a determination under applicable State or 
local law) by HUD shall be paid to maintenance laborers and mechanics 
employed in the operation, and to architects, technical engineers, 
draftsmen and technicians employed in the development, of affordable 
housing.
    (c) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. Contracts in 
excess of $100,000 to which Davis-Bacon or HUD-determined wage rates 
apply are subject by law to the overtime provisions of the Contract Work 
Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327).
    (d) Volunteers. The requirements in 24 CFR part 70 concerning 
exemptions for the use of volunteers on projects subject to Davis-Bacon 
and HUD-determined wage rates are applicable.
    (e) Other laws and issuances. The DHHL, contractors, subcontractors, 
and other participants must comply with regulations issued under the 
labor standards provisions cited in this section, and other applicable 
Federal laws and regulations pertaining to labor standards.