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H.R.736
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron(introduced 2/11/1999)
Related Bills: S.1157
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1999 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Title: To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act.
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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)
2/11/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
3/5/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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COSPONSORS(4), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 7/1/1999 Rep Fowler, Tillie - 6/20/2000
Rep Miller, Dan - 7/29/1999 Rep Stearns, Cliff - 6/23/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/11/1999--Introduced.

Repeals 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).

Repeals 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).