To suspend the Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared national disasters.

September 7, 2005

Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. HERGER, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. WICKER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. CHABOT, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WAMP, and Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To suspend the Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared national disasters.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Cleanup and Reconstruction Enhancement Act (CARE Act)'.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS IN NATIONAL DISASTER AREAS.

Section 3147 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: `In any area that the President determines to be a major disaster under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply for a period of 1 year from the date on which the President makes such determination.'

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