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  "node_id": "us-40-usc-3142-davis-bacon-prevailing-wage",
  "title": "40 USC § 3142 - Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage for Federal Construction Contracts",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-01",
  "bluf": "40 USC § 3142 (originally enacted as the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, Pub. L. 71-798; recodified by Pub. L. 107-217) requires every contract in excess of $2,000 for the construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works of the United States to contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics; subsection (a) establishes the application threshold and requirement; subsection (b) requires the Secretary of Labor to determine prevailing wages for the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on projects of a character similar to the contract work in the locality; subsection (c) prescribes three required contract stipulations: (1) workers must be paid unconditionally at least weekly with no deductions other than permitted by law, (2) the wage scale must be posted prominently at the worksite, and (3) the contracting officer may withhold payments to cover wage differences owed to workers; Davis-Bacon is the foundational federal construction prevailing wage statute, supplemented by the Davis-Bacon Related Acts that extend prevailing wage requirements to federally-funded infrastructure projects; the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issues Davis-Bacon wage determinations published at sam.gov/wage-determinations.",
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  "primary_citations_count": 5
}