15 U.S.C. § 3152: Labor standards

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All new programs created and funded under this chapter must pay equal wages for equal work, subject to any limits on maximum pay set by the law that creates the program. Those programs must also result in a net increase in jobs by doing work that would not otherwise be done or by doing work needed for national priorities. People employed on reservoir projects under section 3116(c)(1) or in other jobs made under this chapter must be paid at least as much as others doing the same kind of work for the same employer, and never less than the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], again subject to any pay caps in the authorizing law. Workers on reservoir projects funded under section 3116(c)(1) may not do work covered by sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40 unless a law specifically allows it. Any bill the President sends to use funds under this chapter must include proper wage rules based on existing wage laws.

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(a)Equal wages; increase in employment

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)Wage rates; work limitations of reservoir projects employees

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)Recommendations of President

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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For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in text, see

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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.

§3152 Labor Standards

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Title 15, §3152

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