[20050916]RS22265_现行工资要求和《戴维斯-培根法案》的紧急中止.pdf

1 70 F.R. 54,227 (September 8, 2005), available at http:/www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050908-5.html. The proclamation also applies to the operation of the so-called“related acts” to the extent they reference the Davis-Bacon Act. Related acts provide financialassistance for construction projects and require the payment of prevailing wages for workers onthose projects.2 Ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494 (March 3, 1931). Codified at 40 U.S.C. 3141 thru 3148.3 40 U.S.C. 3142(a).Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS22265September 16, 2005Prevailing Wage Requirements and theEmergency Suspension of the Davis-BaconActJohn R. Luckey and Jon O. ShimabukuroLegislative AttorneysAmerican Law DivisionSummaryPresident Bush has, by proclamation, suspended the application of the Davis-BaconAct to all contracts to be performed in the jurisdictions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,and Mississippi included in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area. This has the effect ofpermitting the payment of less than the locally prevailing wage on contracts entered intoafter September 8, 2005, for the construction or repair of public b