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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1592i Laborers and mechanics

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES › § 1592i

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All workers (laborers and mechanics) on any construction, maintenance, repair, or demolition paid under this subchapter must be paid for an eight-hour day. Any work over eight hours in a day must be paid at not less than one and one-half times the basic rate. The rules in sections 3141–3144, 3145, 3146, and 3147 of title 40 and section 874 of title 18 apply to this work. Contracts for loans or grants must require payment of at least the local prevailing wages set by the Secretary of Labor, and HUD must get certification of compliance before paying. Contractors and their subcontractors must report monthly to the Secretary of Labor, within five days after each month ends, on Department of Labor forms showing how many people worked on the project, total payroll, total man‑hours, and itemized material costs. Contractors must also give the Department the names and addresses of subcontractors as soon as practicable. The Secretary of Labor will set rules, standards, and investigations to enforce these labor requirements, and HUD must follow those standards.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1592i

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the wages of every laborer and mechanic employed on any construction, maintenance, repair, or demolition work authorized by this subchapter shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours per day and work in excess of eight hours per day shall be permitted upon compensation for all hours worked in excess of eight hours per day at not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay.
(b)The provisions of section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40; of section 874 of title 18; and of section 3145 of title 40, shall apply in accordance with their terms to work pursuant to this subchapter.
(c)Any contract for loan or grant, or both, pursuant to this subchapter shall contain a provision requiring that not less than the wages prevailing in the locality, as predetermined by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40, shall be paid to all laborers and mechanics employed in the construction of the project at the site thereof; and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall require certification as to compliance with the provisions of this subsection prior to making any payment under such contract.
(d)Any contractor engaged in the development of any project financed in whole or in part with funds made available pursuant to this subchapter shall report monthly to the Secretary of Labor, and shall cause all subcontractors to report in like manner, within five days after the close of each month and on forms to be furnished by the United States Department of Labor, as to the number of persons on their respective payrolls on the particular project, the aggregate amount of such payrolls, the total man-hours worked, and itemized expenditures for materials. Any such contractor shall furnish to the Department of Labor the names and addresses of all subcontractors on the work at the earliest date practicable.
(e)The Secretary of Labor shall prescribe appropriate standards, regulations, and procedures, which shall be observed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter (and cause to be made by the Department of Labor such investigations) with respect to compliance with and enforcement of the labor standards provisions of this section, as the Secretary deems desirable.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (b), “section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Davis-Bacon Act (49 Stat. 1011), as amended” and “section 3145 of title 40” substituted for “title 40, United States Code, section 276c”, and, in subsec. (c), “section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1592i

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73