Date: June 4, 2013
Subject: Preventing Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements
Description: King (R-IA) amendment to the Military Construction Appropriations Bill that would have barred the use of funds to enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. ACU has long opposed this act's requirement to pay "prevailing wages" on federal projects, usually union rates well above the market level, adding billions of dollars to the cost of federal projects.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 192-231
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