The Davis-Bacon Act: Institutional Evolution and Public Policy

[摘要] This report examines policy issues the Davis-Bacon Act has sparked through the years and which remain a part of the Davis-Bacon debate of the 1990s. These include such questions as: wage rate determination procedures, reporting requirements under the Copeland Act, an appropriate threshold for activation of the statute, interagency relationships with respect to Davis-Bacon enforcement and compliance activity, administrative or judicial appeals procedures, the use of "helpers" and other low-skilled workers on covered projects, and the right of a President to suspend the statute as well as the conditions under which such a suspension may occur. That the fundamental premise of the Act remains in contention after 60 years may be, itself, part of the public policy debate.

[发布日期] 2007-11-30 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Infrastructure;Public works;Labor;Wages;Labor law and legislation