48 CFR § 22.403-1 - 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute.
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title: "48 CFR § 22.403-1 - 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "22.403-1"
section_name: "22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "22"
part_name: "APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42258, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "22"
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# 22.403-1 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute.
40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV, Wage Rate Requirements (Construction), formerly known as the Davis-Bacon Act, provides that contracts in excess of $2,000 to which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party for construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works within the United States, shall contain a clause (see 52.222-6) that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall receive less than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
[79 FR 24203, Apr. 29, 2014]