20 USC § 1232b - Labor standards

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title: "20 USC § 1232b - Labor standards"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1232b"
section_name: "Labor standards"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS CONCERNING OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS: GENERAL AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 439, formerly § 423, as added Pub. L. 91–230, title IV, § 401(a)(10), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 169; renumbered § 433, Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(a)(1), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 326; renumbered § 439 and amended Pub. L. 103–382, title II, §§ 212(b)(1), 261(d), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, 3927.)"
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# § 1232b. Labor standards

section 3145 of title 40

All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on all construction and minor remodeling projects assisted under any applicable program shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction and minor remodeling in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 and .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 439, formerly § 423, as added Pub. L. 91–230, title IV, § 401(a)(10), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 169; renumbered § 433, Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(a)(1), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 326; renumbered § 439 and amended Pub. L. 103–382, title II, §§ 212(b)(1), 261(d), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, 3927.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Codification

“Sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (—276a–5)” and “” substituted for “, as amended ()” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 445, and is classified to .

### Amendments

1994—, substituted “All laborers” for “Except for emergency relief under , all laborers”.