To amend subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, regarding prevalent wage determinations in order to expand access to affordable housing, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Modifies Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage rules for affordable housing by broadening wage-data sources, limiting certain residential projects to one wage determination, and creating a modernization working group.
Who Benefits and How
Affordable housing developers and financing participants could gain more flexible or streamlined prevailing-wage treatment on covered projects.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Labor officials would have to revise survey practices and convene a modernization working group, while some labor stakeholders could face weaker wage-setting leverage on covered projects.
Key Provisions
- Broadens permissible data sources and geographic groupings for prevailing wage calculations and requires survey-method review.
- Limits certain federal housing prevailing-wage determinations to a single rate corresponding to the project's overall residential character.
- Creates a Davis-Bacon Modernization Working Group to recommend updates, streamlining options, and possible BLS roles.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Modifies Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage rules for affordable housing by broadening wage-data sources, limiting certain residential projects to one wage determination, and creating a modernization working group.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Modifies Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage rules for affordable housing by broadening wage-data sources, limiting certain residential projects to one wage determination, and creating a modernization working group.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Affordable housing developers and related project sponsors
- State and local housing entities financing or overseeing covered projects
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Labor officials revising wage-determination practices
- Labor stakeholders that benefit from current prevailing-wage structures
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
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Affordable housing developers and project sponsors using a single residential wage determination, Affordable housing developers subject to Davis-Bacon wage determinations
Department of Labor officials revising wage-survey methods and determinations, Labor and housing agencies staffing the Davis-Bacon modernization working group
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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