Date: June 6, 2012
Subject: Barring Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements
Description: King (R-IA) amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations bill that would have barred the use of funds to enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. That act requires federal projects to pay workers the "prevailing" wage, usually union wage rates well above the local market rate. This requirement adds billions of dollars to the cost of federal projects.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 184-235
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