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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§3107 Labor standards

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ADVANCE LAND ACQUISITION › § 3107

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Contractors and subcontractors on projects paid for under sections 3102 and 3103 must pay laborers and mechanics at least the local prevailing wages for similar construction. The Secretary of Labor sets those wage rates under sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40. A project cannot be approved unless there is adequate assurance these wage rules will be followed. The Secretary has the authority and functions listed in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and in section 3145 of title 40.

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Title 42, §3107

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All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under section 3102 and 3103 of this title shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40. No such project shall be approved without first obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267), and section 3145 of title 40.

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section 3102 and 3103 of this title, referred to in text, were omitted from the Code pursuant to section 5316 of this title which terminated the authority to make grants or loans under those sections after Jan. 1, 1975. Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Codification In text, “section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5)” and “section 3145 of title 40” substituted “section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c)”, 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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42 U.S.C. § 3107

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73