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H.R.2396
Sponsor: Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke)(introduced 6/30/1999)
Latest Major Action: 7/16/1999 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Title: To provide that the Davis-Bacon Act shall not apply to contracts for the construction and repair of schools and libraries.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
6/30/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
7/16/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(16), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Armey, Richard K. - 7/15/1999 Rep Collins, Mac - 6/30/1999
Rep Crane, Philip M. - 8/5/1999 Rep Doolittle, John T. - 6/30/1999
Rep Goss, Porter J. - 6/30/1999 Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 7/15/1999
Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 6/30/1999 Rep Miller, Dan - 6/30/1999
Rep Miller, Gary - 6/30/1999 Rep Paul, Ron - 6/30/1999
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 6/30/1999 Rep Radanovich, George P. - 6/30/1999
Rep Riley, Bob - 6/30/1999 Rep Stearns, Cliff - 7/22/1999
Rep Taylor, Charles H. - 6/30/1999 Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 6/30/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/30/1999--Introduced.

School and Library Construction Affordability Act - Makes inapplicable to contracts for the construction and repair of schools and libraries the requirements of: (1) the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works); and (2) the Copeland Act (which requires the Secretary of Labor to regulate contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction or repair of public buildings, public works, or federally-financed or federally-assisted buildings or works).