PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary can give contract preference to any Indian or business owned and run by Indians, including federally recognized tribes in New York (called an "Indian firm"), for building or fixing Service facilities under section 1631 and for building safe water and sewage systems under section 1632. The Secretary must refuse preference if, under rules he creates, he finds the project would not be done properly or could not be completed or maintained. He will check things like Indian ownership and control, equipment, accounting, job knowledge, trained staff, or other needed elements. The Secretary must also make sure workers on these projects are paid at least the local prevailing wage for similar work as set in sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40.

Title 25, §1633

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(a)Discretionary authority; covered activities

The Secretary, acting through the Service, may utilize the negotiating authority of section 47 of this title, to give preference to any Indian or any enterprise, partnership, corporation, or other type of business organization owned and controlled by an Indian or Indians including former or currently federally recognized Indian tribes in the State of New York (hereinafter referred to as an “Indian firm”) in the construction and renovation of Service facilities pursuant to section 1631 of this title and in the construction of safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities pursuant to section 1632 of this title. Such preference may be accorded by the Secretary unless he finds, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by him, that the project or function to be contracted for will not be satisfactory or such project or function cannot be properly completed or maintained under the proposed contract. The Secretary, in arriving at his finding, shall consider whether the Indian or Indian firm will be deficient with respect to (1) ownership and control by Indians, (2) equipment, (3) bookkeeping and accounting procedures, (4) substantive knowledge of the project or function to be contracted for, (5) adequately trained personnel, or (6) other necessary components of contract performance.

(b)Pay rates

For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary shall assure that the rates of pay for personnel engaged in the construction or renovation of facilities constructed or renovated in whole or in part by funds made available pursuant to this subchapter are not less than the prevailing local wage rates for similar work as determined in accordance with section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40.

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Codification “section 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted in subsec. (b) for “the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act)” 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.

§1633 Preferences to Indians and Indian Firms

Summary

Title 25, §1633

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