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§7614 Labor Standards
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Title 42, §7614
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The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this chapter shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for the same type of work 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. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection,11 So in original. Probably should be “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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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 Act of
March 3, 1931, as amended, known as the Davis-Bacon Act (46 Stat. 1494; 40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5)” and “section 3145 of title 40” substituted for “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. Section was formerly classified to section 1857j–3 of this title.
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1970—Pub. L. 91–604, § 15(c)(2), substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary” meaning the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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42 U.S.C. § 7614
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Aug 21, 2026
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