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S.1157
Sponsor: Sen Smith, Bob(introduced 5/27/1999)
Related Bills: H.R.736
Latest Major Action: 5/27/1999 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Title: A bill to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act.
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5/27/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
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COSPONSORS(6), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Cochran, Thad - 5/27/1999 Sen Helms, Jesse - 5/27/1999
Sen Inhofe, James M. - 5/27/1999 Sen Nickles, Don - 5/27/1999
Sen Sessions, Jeff - 6/24/1999 Sen Thurmond, Strom - 5/27/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/27/1999--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).