CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Eric Burlison (R-MO)

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

H.R. 8602 · House bill Labor and Employment

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is titled the "Davis-Bacon Repeal Act." It aims to repeal the wage requirements found in the Davis-Bacon Act. Specifically, it repeals Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40 of the United States Code. Any legal references to these specific wage requirements would become null and void. The changes would take effect 30 days after the act is passed. However, the repeal will not affect existing contracts or bids that are outstanding at that 30-day mark.

Yes

  • Scored +6

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Construction firms will no longer be obligated to pay specific prevailing wages, reducing their labor costs.

The opposite

  • Scored -8

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The repeal eliminates mandatory prevailing wage standards that protect union-level pay in federal contracting.

  • Scored -7

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    Repealing the Davis-Bacon Act removes the requirement for contractors to pay prevailing wages on federal construction projects, which reduces union leverage.

  • Scored -4

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The removal of prevailing wage requirements may lead to lower wages for construction workers on federally funded projects.