109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1817
To suspend the Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for Federal contracts
in areas declared national disasters.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 4, 2005
Mr. DEMINT introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
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'
or `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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