HR8602-119

In Committee

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H474D88AACD954BBAB7277776D7BDAF3B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act.
  • Section H688D235BDA5B476AAADC727DE4BA2DB1: 2. Repeal of Davis-Bacon wage requirements Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, is repealed. Any reference in any law to a requirement...
  • Section H1ACEE76CE0214B98995A145993B626D9: 3. Effective date and limitation Section 2, and the amendment made by such section, shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act but shall...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Burlison (for himself and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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