II
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1817
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 4, 2005
Mr. DeMint introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To suspend the Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared national disasters.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Cleanup and Reconstruction Enhancement
Act
or CARE
Act
.
Suspension of Davis-Bacon wage requirements in national disaster areas
Section 3147 of title 40, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In any area that
the President determines to be a major disaster under section 102(2) of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5122(2)), the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply for a period of 1
year from the date on which the President makes such
determination.
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