...Davis-Bacon Act because (1) there have been significant changes in the economy since 1931 which we believe make continuation of the act unnecessary, (2) after...to ever do so, and (3) the act is inflationary, and results in unnecessary construction and administrative costs of several hundred million dollars annually....

...years, the Department of Labor has not developed an effective program to issue and maintain current and accurate wage determinations, and it may be impractical to ever do so." Under Davis-Bacon requirements, if there is a registered apprenticeship program in the area, the worker...

...Human Resources House Committee on Education and Labor STATEMENT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS GAO recommended that Congress repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and rescind...million annually and has an inflationary effect on the ATTACHMENT I ATTACHMENT I areas covered by inaccurate wage rates and the economy as a whole. LEGISLATIVE...

...economy since 1931 which GAO believes make continuation of the act unnecessary; (2) after nearly SO years, the Department of Labor has yet to develop...million annually and has an inflationary effect on the ATTACHMENT I ATTACHMENT I areas covered by inaccurate wage rates and the economy as a whole. LEGISLATIVE...

...years, the Labor Department has not developed an effective program to issue and maintain current and accurate wage determinations, and it may be impractical to ever do so. Third. The act results in unnecessary construction and administration costs of many millions of dollars...

...INHIBITION OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING. IN ITS CONCLUSION, THE GAO, HAS STATED THAT: 332 AFTER NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS YET TO DEVELOP...ISSUE AND MAINTAIN ACCURATE WAGE DETERMINATIONS, AND II HAY BE IMPRACTICAL TO EVER DO SO... (EMPHASIS ADDED) I T00} SUPPORT THE COMPLETE REPEAL OF THE DAVIS-BACON...

...INHIBITION OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING. IN ITS CONCLUSION, THE GAO HAS STATED THAT I AFTER NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS YET TO DEVELOP...ISSUE AND MAINTAIN ACCURATE WAGE DETERMINATIONS, AND IX HAY_B£_JJ1PJBACI.LCAL _TO_E_V£riJ)0-_SQ. . . (EMPHASIS ADDED) I TOOj SUPPORT THE COMPLETE REPEAL...

...Accounting Office, the department "has not developed an effective program to issue and maintain current and accurate wage determinations, and it may be impractical to ever do so." The self-evident truth is that the federal government has no more business trying to determine wage...

...after nearly 50 years, Labor has not developed an effective program to issue and maintain current and accurate wage determinations and it may be impractical to ever do so; and — the act results in unnecessary construction and administrative costs of several hundred million...

...inflated and, more often than not, are based on the union wage. In its 1979 report, the GAO found that "after nearly 50 years, the Department of Labor has...determinations, and it may be impractical to ever do so." In 1983, the CBO came to similar conclusions about the Department of Labor's inflated prevailing wage...