References in Text
section 1715a of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), which related to additional housing insurance, was repealed by
section 13 of act June 3, 1939, ch. 175, 53 Stat. 807.
Effective Date
of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means
June 3, 1939, the date of enactment of act
June 3, 1939. Subsections (d)(3), (d)(4), and (h)(1), referred to in subsec. (a), are references to such subsections in
section 1715l of this title. Codification “
section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted in subsec. (a) for “the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Amendments
1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–235 struck out seventh sentence which read as follows: “The provisions of this section shall also apply to insurance under subchapter IX–A of this chapter with respect to laborers and mechanics employed in land development financed with the proceeds of any mortgage insured under that subchapter.” 1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–609 inserted reference to other organization in sixth sentence. 1968—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–448 inserted references to
section 1715z(j)(1) and 1715z–1 of this title, and made provisions of this section applicable to the insurance of mortgages under
section 1715z–7 of this title, permitted waiver of compliance in cases or classes of cases where laborers or mechanics, not otherwise employed on the project, voluntarily donate their services without compensation for the purpose of lowering costs and savings are fully credited to the nonprofit corporation or association, and required payment of overtime to laborers or mechanics employed on facilities covered by a mortgage insured under
section 1715z–7 of this title. 1967—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner” wherever appearing. 1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–754 defined “
Construction
” in third sentence, made provisions of this section applicable to mortgage described in subsec. (h)(1) covering property improved with residential dwellings for use by more than eight families, provided for waiver of requirement of compliance with respect to mortgages described in subsec. (d)(3) or (d)(4) and subsec. (h)(1), made the provisions of this section applicable to insurance of mortgage under subchapter IX–B of this chapter, and provided for overtime compensation for work on group practice facilities covered by mortgage insurance under such subchapter IX–B. 1965—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–117 substituted “described in subsection (d)(3) or (d)(4)” for “described in subsection (d)(3) in the case of a cooperative or a limited profit mortgagor, or in subsection (d)(4) thereof”, and applied provisions of this section to insurance under subchapter IX–A of this chapter with respect to laborers and mechanics employed in land development financed with the proceeds of any mortgage insured under that subchapter. 1964—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88–560 inserted provision that this section shall also apply to the insurance of any mortgage under
section 1715y(d) of this title. Pub. L. 88–349 inserted “in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended”. 1961—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–70 made section applicable to the insurance of mortgages under
section 1715x of this title and to insurance under
section 1715l of this title of mortgages described in subsec. (d)(3) thereof in the case of a cooperative or a limited profit mortgagor. 1959—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–372 substituted “or under
section 1748b or
1748h–2 of this title” for “or under subchapter VIII of this chapter”, and inserted provisions making this section applicable to the insurance under
section 1715 of this title of any mortgage described in subsection (d)(4) thereof, and to the insurance of any mortgage under
section 1715v or
1715w of this title. 1954—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 2, 1954, inserted sentence making section applicable to insurance of any mortgage under
section 1715k of this title which covers property on which is located a dwelling or dwellings designed principally for residential use for twelve or more families. 1951—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 1, 1951, inserted reference to
section 1750g of this title after “subchapter VIII of this chapter,”. 1950—Act Apr. 20, 1950, § 122, substituted “Commissioner” for “Administrator” wherever appearing. Subsec. (a). Act Apr. 20, 1950, § 113, substituted “or under
section 213 of this title, or under title VII pursuant to any application filed subsequent to sixty days after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1950, or under title VIII, a mortgage or investment” for “or under subchapter VIII of this chapter”. 1949—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 8, 1949, inserted “, or under subchapter VIII of this chapter” after “
Effective Date
of this section”. 1942—Subsec. (a). Act May 26, 1942, inserted reference to
section 1743 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1964 Amendment Pub. L. 88–349, § 4, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 240, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by this Act [amending this section,
section 276a of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and
section 1114 of former Title 49, Transportation] shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of enactment of this Act [July 2, 1964], but shall not affect any contract in existence on such
Effective Date
or made thereafter pursuant to invitations for bids outstanding on such
Effective Date
and the rate of payments specified by
section 1(b)(2) of the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended by this Act [now 40 U.S.C. 3141(2)(B)], shall, during a period of two hundred and seventy days after such
Effective Date
, become effective only in those cases and reasonable classes of cases as the Secretary of Labor, acting as rapidly as practicable to make such rates of payments fully effective, shall by rule of regulation provide.”
Enforcement
of Labor StandardsLabor standards under provisions of this section to be prescribed and enforced by Secretary of Labor, see Reorg. Plan No. 14 of 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3176, 64 Stat. 1267, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.