Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§3152 Labor standards

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 58— - FULL EMPLOYMENT AND BALANCED GROWTH › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3152

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

New programs created and paid for under this chapter must make sure workers doing the same job get the same pay. They must follow any cap on yearly pay that the law that creates the program allows. The programs must also lead to a net increase in jobs by funding work that would not otherwise be done or work needed for national priorities. People hired for reservoir projects under section 3116(c)(1) or for other jobs made under this chapter must be paid at least as much as others doing the same work for the same employer, and never less than the minimum wage set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), subject to any yearly pay caps in the authorizing law. Workers on those reservoir projects may not do work covered by sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40 unless a law specifically allows it. Any presidential recommendation for laws to use these chapter funds must include proper wage rules based on existing wage laws.

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Title 15, §3152

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(a)Any new program enacted and funded pursuant to the implementation of this chapter shall, subject to any limitations on maximum annual compensation as may be provided in the law authorizing such programs, provide that persons employed are paid equal wages for equal work, and that such policies and programs create a net increase in employment through work that would not otherwise be done or are essential to fulfill national priority purposes.
(b)Any person employed in any reservoir project enacted and funded pursuant to the implementation of section 3116(c)(1) of this title, or in any other job created pursuant to implementation of this chapter, shall, subject to any limitations on maximum annual compensation as may be provided in the law authorizing such programs, be paid not less than the pay received by others performing the same type of work for the same employer, and in no case less than the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.]. No person employed in any reservoir project enacted and funded pursuant to implementation of section 3116(c)(1) of this title shall perform work of the type to which section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40 apply, except as otherwise may be specifically authorized by law.
(c)Any recommendation by the President for legislation to implement any program enacted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, requiring the use of funds under this chapter, and submitted pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, shall contain appropriate wage provisions based upon existing wage standard legislation.

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note set out under section 3102 of this title. The Fair Labor Standards Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676. 52 Stat. 1060, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 201 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 29, and Tables. Codification “section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40 apply” substituted in subsec. (b) for “the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5) applies” 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.

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15 U.S.C. § 3152

Title 15Commerce and Trade

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73