[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR22.403-1]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 22_APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart 22.4_Labor Standards for Contracts Involving Construction

 

Sec. 22.403-1  Davis-Bacon Act.



    The Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.) provides that contracts 

in excess of $2,000 to which the United States or the District of 

Columbia is a party for construction, alteration, or repair (including 

painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works within the 

United States, shall contain a clause (see 52.222-6) that no laborer or 

mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall receive less 

than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor.



[53 FR 4935, Feb. 18, 1988, as amended at 70 FR 57454, Sept. 30, 2005]